Engineer, Customer Firmware Engineering

Company Description

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Job Description

This is a position in a firmware development part in customer engineering team to develop, debug, validate, and optimize storage firmware on embedded multi-core architectures and support Customer design-in and qualification

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The main duties are to develop, debug, validate, and optimize storage firmware on embedded multi-core architectures and support Customer design-in and qualification of Sandisk SSDs.
• Designing, implementing and integrating critical firmware components for SSD products
• Analysing, troubleshooting, fixing issues discovered by internal test teams or by customer use of the products
• Representing the Customer Engineering team in one or more multi-disciplined engineering core teams
• Designing, developing Proof of Concepts prototype firmware in collaboration with Customers or ecosystem Partners, to enable sandbox testing of new technologies for next generation SSDs
• Occasionally calls with FAE/Account Team, and Customers to present technical details
• Travel (when possible) to Customer site for debugging of critical issues
• Contributions immediately impacting Sandisk’s success in fast paced environment

Qualifications

Required:

• Degree in Computer/Electronic/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Proficiency in C/C++ 
• Familiarity with SW algorithm development
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with cross-functional and cross-cultural global teams

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge NVMe/PCIe Protocol Interface
• Knowledge of the Agile software development process life cycle
• Knowledge of Windows / Linux / Chrome PC architecture and ecosystem

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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