Sr. SSD Application Engineer ( Full-time ) Milpitas, CA - DK

Job Description: 

• Develop front-end firmware features necessary to meet the product 
• specification and customer requirements. 
• Develop and modify existing firmware for SSD product requirements following 
• PCIe and NVMe protocols. 
• Debug host interface related problems encountered during internal or customer 
• firmware testing. 
• Perform root cause analysis and make appropriate changes to correct the 
• problem. 
• Work directly with hardware designers to efficiently resolve customer issues.
• Working with customers to manage SSD debug and qualification requirements in 
• collaboration with SMI Engineering Teams, driving technical design-in/-win, and  debug hardware, firmware, and other platform-related barriers to adoption.
• with customers and internal platform partners to resolve product 
• issues and leverage those learning to shape future product (controller /  Firmware) definition. 
• Evangelizes technical benefits of SMI Enterprise controllers and various business 
• models at the platform level; creates preference for SMI products within the  platform; enables customer and end-user adoption of solutions; and supports  ecosystem and tools enabling to drive controller solution adoption
• Advocating technical customer needs to internal stakeholders 
• Driving internal teams to deliver to customer expectations 
• Participates in customers meetings and presentations, acting as technical 
• adviser, consultant, analyst, and program manager for customer technical  interactions in collaboration with SMI PM teams 
• The AE will work closely with customers and partners to establish strong 
• relationships that deliver results and team business objectives in the data center  / enterprise segments 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer 
• Science, or related fields. 
• At least 3 years work experience in each of the following: 
• Software/firmware applications engineering 
• Experience in SSD controller/firmware architecture 
• Experience with PCIe and NVMe protocols in firmware development and 
• debugging, including but not limited to host reset, power management,  namespace, MSI-X, SMBus, ARP, NVMe commands etc.
• Experience in analyzing PCIe protocol traces to identify the root cause for front 
• end issues. 
• Experience in the storage industry in SSD, HDD, storage systems, or a related 
• technology. 
• Strong experience in C/C++ programming and data structure 
• Hands on experience with JTAG/ICE debuggers 
• Experience with version control software like Git. 
• Competent to work independently as well as in a small team collaboration 
• environment. 
• Must be willing to learn fast and execute as a team player. 
• Good oral, written and presentation skills for communication and  

• documentation. 

• Ability to work independently with a minimum of day-to-day supervision. 
• The ability to operate logic analyzer, oscilloscope and bus protocol analyzer is 
• valuable. 
• Experience with hardware peripherals, features, and development environments 
• is also valuable. 
• Compute and/or Storage System hardware and/or software using both Windows 
• and Linux based operating systems in the data center/enterprise. 
• HDD/SSD systems/protocols and/or SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe). 
• Familiarity with Datacenter architecture and interfaces, PCIe Switches, RAID 
• controllers, HBAs, Expanders, and JBODs/JBOFs. 
• Knowledge of SSD hardware and firmware architecture. 
• Microsoft and Linux datacenter OS debug experience. 
• Fluent in reading and writing Mandarin preferred. 

  Benefits, Rewards and Culture 

  Employees are eligible to be recognized in the following ways: 

• Highly competitive salaries differentiated by performance 
• Annual merit increases 
• RSU for eligible employees 
• Year-end bonus 
• Invention and Patent Awards 
• 401(k) Employer Matching 
• Length of Service Awards 
• We offer comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible employees and 
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