Principal Engineer, Firmware Verification Engineering

Company Description

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

As Principal firmware verification engineer, you will be part of firmware verification team that design and develop tests in Python to verify SSD firmware designs for each firmware feature. This position is specifically to focus on verification and validation of SSD firmware security features. You will be working closely with product security architects and firmware engineers to create a comprehensive firmware verification test for SSD security features.

In this role, you will be contributing to test strategy, test development, integrating the tests using various development platforms, deploying it on firmware verification lab for regression runs and perform failure analysis.

• Collaborate closely with firmware engineers & architects on product architecture and designs to define the comprehensive verification plan to validate each SSD security feature.
• Design, develop and integrate the tests on SSD products in roadmap.
• Conduct test plan reviews and code reviews to ensure the tests are scalable and meeting the requirements.
• Participate in driving failure analysis and collaborate with integration/execution engineers for test deployment.
• Work with firmware engineers, understand the logs/events to triage and debug test failures.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field
• BS + 7 years or MS +6 years of related experience in storage, semiconductor, or non-volatile memory development
• Passion for Storage technology and secure product development.
• Demonstrated experience in product security engineering with a focus on validation of product security algorithms and feature sets.
• Proficiency in security protocols or specification such as TCG Opal/Ruby/Pyrite, IEEE
  1667, SPDM etc.
• Proficiency on applied cryptography and security including knowledge on secure boot, device attestation and user data encryption.

• Strong architectural review skills with the ability to provide guidance and review test development efforts and test coverage.
• Comprehensive understanding of embedded software fundamentals and Storage fundamentals with Knowledge on NVMe/PCIe specification
• Knowledge on Git, CI & source code management flow and agile development practices.
• Strong programming skills with experience in Python, C, or C++ programming
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Sandisk 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 person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender‑related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status),…