Staff Engineer, SSD Qualification

Samsung Semiconductor

Hybrid

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Hybrid
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$163,000–$253,000 / yr
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Samsung Semiconductor is the global semiconductor business unit of Samsung Electronics, designing and manufacturing memory chips, logic semiconductors, and foundry solutions for a broad range of applications.

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TL;DR · Staff Engineer, SSD Qualification

As a Staff Engineer at the Technology Enabling Development Lab (TED), you will lead and architect functional test coverage and methodologies for NVMe SSDs, working closely with both local and remote teams. Your day-to-day responsibilities include managing enterprise server infrastructure, executing customer qualification tests, triaging failures, and collaborating with development teams to root cause defects and verify fixes. You will also contribute to improving the existing automation framework and provide feedback to enhance functional test coverage. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in system-level testing or development of enterprise servers and storage systems, proficiency in server operating systems and debug tools, and expertise in storage protocols like NVMe/PCIe and SAS/SATA. Knowledge of storage test tools such as performance benchmarks and protocol certifications is essential, along with scripting skills in Perl, Shell, or Python. This role requires a deep understanding of enterprise storage/server system technologies and experience with SSD testing.

What you'll do

  • Manage and execute customer qualification tests for NVMe SSDs in enterprise server infrastructure.
  • Triage test failures, perform first-level failure analysis, and design experiments to identify root causes of defects.
  • Provide feedback on functional test coverage based on issues observed during customer qualifications.
  • Coordinate with internal teams and remote customer engineers to ensure timely execution of qualification plans.
  • Identify opportunities for automation and support the Automation team in enhancing existing testing frameworks.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in system level testing or development for enterprise servers and storage systems.
  • Expertise in NVMe/PCIe, SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel storage protocols.
  • Proficiency with protocol analyzers like LeCroy, SerialTek, Xgig for performance analysis.
  • Strong knowledge of server operating systems and system debug tools.
  • Experience with SSD or HDD testing and enterprise storage/server technologies.
  • Expertise in storage test tools including performance benchmarks and IO stress tools.

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