Senior Engineer, System Design Verification Engineering

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for defining and tracking test plans through product development cycles from EVT through customer qualification and MP.

• Review NVMe SSD validation requirements from customer/architecture specs and influence future WD product design for debug and test.

• Monitor regression and qualification test cycles, perform first level FA and triage of failures, prepare and present testing statistics, and work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to drive issues through closure.
• Characterize and Optimize SSD’s for Performance and Power across Platforms
• Research and implement innovative ways to test/validate NVMe SSD’s.
• Lead bug review meetings.
• Act as gatekeeper for product release to customer.
• Maintain communication with technical marketing and applications engineering teams to ensure testplans satisfy product and customer specifications and mirror customer tests/qual procedures.
• Scope test tools and customer hardware requirements, ensuring the lab has appropriate customer systems and debug tools.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE, CS, EE, or related technical field and 2 years of experience in validation of consumer products. Experience in storage device a plus.
• Experience with computer systems, components, and various OS (Windows, Linux, DOS)

• Strong programming knowledge & debugging skills in python, C or C++.

SKILLS:

• Hands on experience in PCIe and NVMe spec with SSD qualification and test development 
• Hands on experience in analyzing PCIe protocol trace 
• Hands on experience in sideband signal testing like SMBUS, PERST#, ClkReq#, PLP
• Hands on experience is Power characterization for NVMe SSDs based on different OEM requirements
• Strong analytical problem solving skills to troubleshoot variety of system-level issues down to system/device HW/SW
• Ability to multi-task, work efficiently in a group, as an individual, and in a team environment
• Strong leadership and communication skills

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