A Hardware Design Engineer responsible for developing and validating high-performance, energy-efficient storage hardware solutions, including SSD hardware design from concept to production, troubleshooting, and process improvement within a collaborative team environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead hardware design from concept through production for SSD hardware.
Implement, debug, and validate SSD hardware designs.
Conduct interoperability testing across server storage systems and SSDs.
Diagnose and resolve hardware-related issues in collaboration with internal teams and partners.
Perform failure analysis and root cause investigations for field issues and customer escalations.
Evaluate system-level trade-offs using bus technologies like PCIe, DDR, and NAND.
Utilize automation and AI to improve SSD design and validation processes.
Requirements
Extensive experience in hardware design and development, including schematic capture, PCB layout, and component selection.
Proven experience in validating hardware at the electrical, signal integrity, protocol, and functional levels, with proficiency using high-speed oscilloscopes and differential probes.
Strong knowledge of major bus technologies such as PCIe, DDR, NAND, SPI, and I2C.
A strong background in using scripting languages, such as Python and BASH, to enhance hardware design and validation processes.
Ability to lead hardware design from concept through production, including planning, implementation, and debugging of SSD hardware designs.
Experience in driving interoperability testing across server storage systems and SSDs, diagnosing, and resolving hardware-related issues in collaboration with internal teams, external partners, and Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM) partners.
Experience in conducting failure analysis and root cause investigations to support field issues and customer escalations.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 175,000 - 263,000 USD
Work primarily in-office at Santa Clara
Potential eligibility for incentive pay and equity
Flexible time off
Wellness resources
Company-sponsored team events
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