Sr Engineer, Firmware Development (SSD)

Job Description

As a Firmware Engineer at Micron Technology, Inc., you will build groundbreaking high-performance controller firmware for volatile and non-volatile memory systems. You will assist in the evaluation, creation, build, bench testing, debugging, and failure analyzes of firmware for new high-performance memory controllers and Solid State Drives (SSD) that will improve performance, while reducing power, latency and SoC (System on Chip) complexity for the target sectors. You can expect to partner multi-disciplinary Engineers seek multi-functional product development issues. You will triage failures, file bug reports, and help the development teams with isolating issues.

DEVELOP AND TEST FIRMWARE

• SSD products: Develop firmware IP subsystems for SSD products that meet or exceed the requirements of the technical spec matrix; including, but not limited to: Performance, Endurance, Capacity, Functionality, and Quality/Reliability

• Firmware Quality Assurance: Develop a firmware unit and functional tests that ensures the firmware subsystem meets the quality, functional, and performance requirements required at each integration breakthrough in the product development lifecycle

COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY

• Dedicatedly provide management, multi-functional team members, and the firmware team with consistent, detailed, and accurate summaries of activities within firmware development.

DEVELOP PEOPLE

• Multi-functional Teamwork: Develop and maintain collaborative, open and, constructive relationships with peers and management

• Team Development: Provide technical capability that continuously improves team involvement, morale, and productivity

• Personal Development: Work to continuously improve your technical capability and communication skills

REQUIREMENTS

• Masters/Bachelors in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

• Excellent communication skills.

• In-depth knowledge and minimum 4 years' experience in embedded firmware development and debugging

• Expertise in programming languages (eg. C, RUST), programming tools & environments

• Ability to work independently with a minimum of day-to-day supervision

• Experience with team leadership and/or supervising engineers and technicians

• Experience programming in Python will be viewed as an advantage

• Experience working with storage interfaces ideally PCIE/NVMe is considered a plus

• Experience with NAND flash and other non-volatile storage can be a plus

• Experience in storage industry, storage systems, or a related technology is an advantage

• Experience in conduct analysis, designs, performs programming, debugs, and modifies software

• Proficiency in resolving code problems for firmware applications
  

  Conducts analysis, designs, performs programming, debugs and modifies software. Troubleshoots code for firmware applications. Utilizes analog and digital hardware and software operating systems. Typically, programs in machine language, assembly language and high-level languages, (e.g., C, Python)