SSD Firmware Engineer - Physical Storage
SSD Firmware Engineer - Physical Storage
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Job Description
Work as part of a team developing firmware for solid state storage devices used in consumer computer systems. Western Digitals firmware team designs and implements features to support current and nextgeneration memory devices and develops features required for new product requirements and applications.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The physical storage team is specifically responsible for the layer of firmware that interface to and controls the NAND memory devices:
- basic operations such as erase write and read;
- sophisticated algorithms to maximize performance (write cache read cache program and erase suspend / resume configuring read thresholds for optimal performance);
- mechanisms to handle defect mechanisms (uncorrectable ECC errors program failures etc); and
- countermeasures against those defects (read scrub wear leveling optimizing program voltage levels tracking and setting NAND read thresholds etc).
Typical activities include:
- examining design options and evaluating tradeoffs between performance memory requirements and processor workloads;
- collaborating with engineers in other teams at Western Digital (Memory Systems NAND / memory System Architecture and Validation) to define overall drive functionality and behavior;
- designing and drafting specifications for FW features that integrate within the overall SSD system and firmware architecture;
- implementing the necessary functionality in C/C (and/or machine language in some cases); and
- using debuggers and other tools to analyze failures and correct software defects.
Qualifications :
REQUIRED:
- Minimum of 3 years engineering experience firmware experience required
- Able to analyze and communicate at various levels of abstraction.
- Innovative problem solver.
- Strong C programming experience and skills; experience with logic analyzers oscilloscopes and/or protocol analyzers useful but not required.
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and influence technical direction; strong verbal and written communication.
PREFERRED:
- NAND experience highly desired but not required.
- RTOS experience helpful but not required.
Additional Information :
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees our company our customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.
Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 03/02/2025 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance you may be eligible to participate in our annual LongTerm Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program employee stock purchase plan and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
