Senior Engineer, Firmware

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The Technology Enabling Development Lab (TED) Our core development focus is the host interface firmware layer that sits in the intersection of system software and flash management firmware. This key host interface firmware technology drives Samsungs breakthrough V-NAND technology and enables our customers to power performance-oriented demanding enterprise-class applications ranging from hyper-scale data centers to big data processing to software defined virtualized storage arrays and infrastructures.

Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose CA office / U.S. headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work policy.

What Youll Do

• Design and development of high performance firmware and software for cutting-edge enterprise SSD products.
• Debug optimize and validate SSD firmware on complex embedded multi-core architectures.
• Support customer qualification and adoption of SSD products.
• Participate in ground-breaking advanced SSD storage development and research projects.

What You Bring

• BS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 5 years of working experiences in silicon development or MS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 3 years of relevant working experience or PhD and 0 years of relevant experience in storage firmware development is required.
• Strong programming experience and demonstrated proficiency in C/C for embedded systems including development of algorithms manipulation of complex data structures and implementing highly optimized code is required.
• Relevant hands on experience in embedded software or firmware development including storage devices or other embedded platforms is required.
• Experience with one or more of the following storage related technologies: NVM Express PCI Express SAS SCSI NAND Flash/FTL Fibre Channel SATA eMMC or UFS is beneficial.
• Experience with ARM or equivalent embedded multi-core microprocessor architectures is required.
• Hands on experience with JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers is required.
• Some scripting experience in one of Python/Perl/Javascript is desired.
• Familiarity and experience with modern agile software development methodologies and practices is preferred.
• Resourceful Achiever: self-driven and proactive you apply logic and reason to effectively solve problems and manage risks.
• Avid Learner: you eagerly take on new challenges and seek out opportunities to grow and stretch
• Passionate Owner: you are energized by your work taking ownership and delivering results with integrity.
• Committed Collaborator: with a positive attitude and commitment to get to the best result you welcome ideas from others and drive processes forward in an inclusive manner

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