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Senior Hardware Design Engineer, Systems Engineering

Pure Storage
Santa Clara, California
Full Time
Posted October 8, 2025
$175k - $263k
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Job Description

A Hardware Design Engineer responsible for developing and validating high-performance, energy-efficient storage hardware solutions, including SSDs, from concept through production, utilizing expertise in hardware design, bus technologies, and automation tools.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead hardware design, implementation, and debugging of SSD hardware from concept through production.
  • Drive interoperability testing across server storage systems and SSDs, diagnosing and resolving hardware issues.
  • Conduct failure analysis and root cause investigations to support field issues and customer escalations.
  • Evaluate system-level trade-offs using bus technologies like PCIe, DDR, and NAND, and apply automation and AI to improve 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 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.
  • Ability to evaluate system-level trade-offs using knowledge of bus technologies like PCIe, DDR, and NAND, and to apply automation and AI to improve SSD design and validation processes.
  • Work from the Santa Clara office in an in-office environment in compliance with company policies.

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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