Senior Engineer, SSD Systems Design
About the company
As an SSD System Design Engineer at Micron Technology, you will be responsible for end-to-end system design, architecture definition, and product execution of Solid State Drive (SSD) solutions from concept through high-volume manufacturing.
Your tasks
This role focuses on system architecture, integration, and cross-functional technical leadership, ensuring SSD products meet performance, power, reliability, and customer requirements. You will collaborate across firmware, hardware, NAND, validation, and manufacturing teams to drive system-level design decisions, product characterization, and issue resolution.
System Architecture & Design
- Define and drive system-level architecture and design specifications for SSD products
- Translate product requirements (MRD, customer, OCP) into system-level design and trade-offs
- Determine performance, power, thermal, and reliability targets
- Ensure subsystem integration across firmware, ASIC, hardware, and NAND
System Integration & Product Execution
- Lead system integration across the full product lifecycle
- Drive product characterization including:
- Performance and power characterization
- Margin analysis and system behavior evaluation
- Prepare systems for silicon bring-up, product qualification, and production ramp
System Debug & Failure Analysis
- Lead complex system-level debug across FW, hardware, and NAND domains
- Perform failure analysis and root cause identification
- Drive issue resolution with cross-functional teams
- Develop and apply common debug methodologies and best practices
Validation Strategy & Test Architecture
- Define system-level validation strategy and test approach
- Ensure alignment between system design and test coverage
- Drive development and improvement of test plans and Master Test Plan
- Improve system testability and validation efficiency
Other Responsibilities
- Provide system-level technical support to internal teams and external customers
- Support customer engagements, audits, and field issue resolution
- Drive improvements in product yield, reliability, and manufacturability
- Contribute to standardization of system engineering processes and methodologies
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and engineering procedures
AI Responsibilities
- Integrate AI-assisted tools and data-driven insights into system analysis, debug, and validation workflows to improve efficiency and decision-making
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI for system modeling, failure analysis, and process improvement and share best practices within the team
Requirements
Required Qualifications / Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Experience in SSD firmware validation or closely related firmware/system validation
- Strong understanding of SSD architecture (either controller, NAND, DRAM)
- Knowledge of either PCIe / NVMe, SATA or SAS interfaces
- Experience with system-level debugging or failure analysis
- Experience with performance characterization and system analysis
- Programming skills in Python and/or C
Must Have Soft Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset
- Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration across global teams
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development environment
- Strong ownership, initiative, and accountability
- Attention to detail with focus on quality and execution
AI Requirements
- Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and AI literacy to use AI-enabled tools responsibly for analysis, problem-solving, and productivity improvement
Embody Micron’s Core Values
- People – Respect, develop, and empower others
- Innovation – Drive continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking
- Tenacity – Demonstrate resilience and ownership
- Collaboration – Build trust and work effectively across teams
- Customer Focus – Deliver high-quality solutions and value