Senior/Staff Engineer - NVMe ESSD Validation
Micron Technology1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Define and execute SSD firmware validation plans, test cases, and automation content.
- Develop and maintain automated tests for functional, system-level, performance, reliability, and customer qualification requirements.
- Validate SSD firmware against NVMe, PCIe, OCP Cloud SSD, and customer-specific specifications.
- Debug and resolve issues with firmware, hardware, systems, product engineering, and customer teams.
- Analyze test results, identify quality risks, document defects and findings, and communicate recommendations and project status.
- Support customer qualification activities and reproduce customer-reported issues.
- Integrate tests into automated and continuous validation environments and improve validation efficiency.
- Use AI-assisted tools for script development, test creation, log analysis, reporting, failure triage, and workflow automation.
- Apply responsible AI practices related to technical correctness, privacy, security, governance, and compliance.
Requirements
- 4–10 years of experience in embedded firmware, storage systems, SSD validation, or related engineering fields.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of SSD architecture, NVMe, PCIe, enterprise storage, and storage-system interactions involving CPU, memory, drivers, operating systems, and firmware.
- Strong Python programming and scripting skills plus experience developing and maintaining automated test frameworks.
- Hands-on Linux and Windows debugging experience.
- Experience creating validation plans involving I/O workloads, NVMe protocols, endurance, reliability, and media management testing.
- Experience with storage validation tools such as Medusa, SanBlaze, OakGate, UNH, PCIe-CV, or equivalent platforms.
- Experience debugging NVMe/SAS protocol issues with LeCroy, JDSU, or similar protocol analyzers is highly desired.
- Experience with datacenter compute and storage solutions such as Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and VSAN is a plus.
- Understanding of generative AI, prompt engineering, practical AI applications, AI-generated output validation, and responsible AI practices.
- Preferred experience with hyperscale, enterprise, or cloud storage customers, AI-driven engineering automation, data analytics, CI/CD pipelines, and large-scale validation infrastructures.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, planning, organization, collaboration, and prioritization skills.
About Micron Technology
Micron Technology designs and manufactures memory and storage semiconductors—DRAM, NAND, NOR and SSDs—sold to device makers, cloud providers, and embedded/automotive markets. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho, it operates globally and sells under the Micron and Crucial brands as a public company (NASDAQ: MU). Its products support data center, AI, mobile, and PC systems, including high-bandwidth and multichip packages for performance- and space-constrained applications.