Staff Field Applications Engineer - SSD (Houston, TX)

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to, the following: Work closely with Sales to develop and execute a strategic plan & track progress to key objectives Assist in solving problems and providing test support; be the central point of contact during critical issues between customer and factory teams, work with multi-functional groups until issue resolution has been delivered to the customer Work with marketing and development teams to evaluate feasibility of specific new products or features and ensure customer specifications are met. Coordinate lab-related activities that support the design-in/validation process, including schematic/board layout reviews, design validation and system level testing Bachelor's degree in engineering, electrical engineering or related field and 5 years of experience in storage (HDD and/or SSD) field applications, solutions architecture, product design/engineering, product, test, system validation, and/or product applications engineering. Systems experience, including Datacenter/Compute architecture, systems design, test and troubleshooting. Hands on system integration experience with Storage products including HDD and/or SSD, interface technologies (SATA, NVME, CXL), perforce benchmarks (FIO, IOMETER,..) and operating systems (Linux, kvm, esxi) Ability to engage customers in all level of their organization, build relationships and negotiate solutions to sophisticated technical and business challenges. Demonstrated technical curiosity with proven ability to trouble shoot and innovate. Ability to travel for up to 25% of time. Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline. Exposure to other memory technologies including DRAM and HBM.