Senior Firmware Engineer - PCIe, Systems Engineering
Pure StorageSanta Clara, California
Full Time
Posted December 19, 2025
$175k - $263k
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Job Description
A Senior Firmware Engineer specializing in PCIe technologies, responsible for designing, developing, and debugging high-performance firmware for DirectFlash SSD modules, collaborating with hardware and software teams to create resilient storage solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop high-performance firmware for DirectFlash SSD Modules focusing on PCIe functionality.
- Lead the bring-up and integration of new PCIe-based hardware, ensuring compliance and optimal link performance.
- Develop and maintain PCIe features such as LTSSM, power management, hot-plug support, and error handling.
- Debug complex system-level issues across firmware, drivers, and hardware, and create diagnostics tools.
- Collaborate with hardware engineering teams on PCIe PHY integration, validation, and signal integrity.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in firmware development for embedded systems, with a strong understanding of PCIe architecture, protocols, and hardware software interactions.
- Proficiency in C and C++ programming languages.
- Demonstrated ability to use scripting languages like Python for test automation and tooling.
- Hands-on experience with PCIe firmware development, including LTSSM bring-up and debugging, link training, error recovery, and register-level programming.
- Proven track record of debugging and resolving complex issues across firmware, hardware, and driver boundaries.
- Experience with hardware bring-up on new platforms and using PCIe compliance tools like protocol analyzers.
- Experience leading the design and development of high-performance firmware for DirectFlash SSD Modules with a focus on PCIe functionality, including initialization, configuration, and runtime management.
- Experience leading the bring-up and integration of new PCIe-based hardware, ensuring compliance with specifications and optimal link performance.
- Experience developing and maintaining key PCIe features such as LTSSM, power management, hot-plug support, and robust error handling.
- Ability to debug complex, system-level issues at the intersection of firmware, drivers, and hardware, and to build advanced diagnostics tools to support this effort.
- Ability to collaborate closely with hardware engineering teams on PCIe PHY integration, validation, and signal integrity considerations to ensure seamless hardware firmware co-design.
- Willingness to work primarily in an in-office environment at the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with company policies.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range: 175,000 - 263,000 USD
Work environment: primarily in-office at Santa Clara, CA
Work schedule: flexible time off, with accommodations for PTO, work travel, or approved leave
Additional benefits: incentive pay and/or equity, wellness resources, company-sponsored team events, support for growth and development, inclusive and diverse workplace culture
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