Media Integration Firmware Engineer

Summary

Join Solidigm, a multibillion-dollar global leader in the memory industry, and become part of a dynamic team shaping the future of data storage. We offer a collaborative and inclusive environment where innovation thrives. This role focuses on understanding and updating media-related algorithms in SSD firmware, writing and testing new firmware, and performing failure analysis. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, proficiency in C/C++ and Python, and extensive experience in embedded software development. Solidigm provides a competitive compensation package, and the specific salary range is provided for certain locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor/BS or Master/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Proficient in C or C++
• Has experience with Python
• Experienced in developing embedded software within environments that have constrained timing and memory resources, designing and implementing reusable code, performing design and code reviews, as well as testing and validating product implementations
• Experience in system architecture and modeling, operating systems, device architecture, system integration, algorithm modeling, digital signal processing, and/or hardware design
• Can work with a variety of storage interface standards
• Can perform system-level design modeling, and systems integration, additionally performing algorithm modeling, benchmarking implementation, and/or digital signal processing

Responsibilities

• Understand and update media related algorithms in SSD firmware
• Write and test new firmware to understand its impact on performance
• Parse logs and SSD ASSERT dumps to determine if SSD failures are media related
• Perform electrical failure analysis on SSDs using in house tools to access the NAND directly to root cause issues
• Interface with the NAND product engineering team to develop experiments to root cause failing media\FW interactions

Benefits

For California, Colorado, New York, Washington, and remote roles: The compensation range for this role is $71,750 - $107,530