Micron
Principal Engineer, SSD Validation
$154K–$303K
Longmont-MAX- Office, CO +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Longmont-MAX- Office, CO
San Jose, CA - Experience
- 8+ years in Data Center SSD, storage systems, firmware, validation, systems engineering, or related technical disciplines.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Defines validation strategy, coverage architecture, and AI-assisted validation approaches for Micron’s Data Center SSD portfolio.
What you'll do
- Develop validation strategies, coverage methodologies, and customer-use-case-driven workload models; identify coverage gaps and risks.
- Evaluate next-generation validation technologies and use analytics, automation, and AI to improve planning, coverage analysis, and failure investigation.
- Collaborate across engineering teams, present strategic recommendations, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field.
- Strong understanding of Data Center SSD architecture, NAND technologies, storage protocols, firmware algorithms, and enterprise storage systems.
- Experience developing validation strategies, qualification methodologies, coverage assessments, or architecture-level validation solutions.
- Ability to analyze complex requirements and apply data analytics, automation, AI-assisted tools, or machine learning to engineering challenges.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in a related field.
- Experience with hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise Data Center SSD deployments; knowledge of technologies such as NVMe, FDP, Dual Port, QLC, or OCP SSD.
Pay
$154,000.00 - $303,000.00 a year (USD; base salary)
Tools
Data Center SSD, NAND, NVMe, FDP, Dual Port, QLC, OCP SSD, LLMs
AI focus
Apply Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, analytics, and automation to requirements analysis, coverage assessment, knowledge discovery, validation planning, and failure investigation.
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