SK hynix
Sr. Staff FTL Engineer
$170K–$220K
San Jose · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on SSD FTL development and 5+ years of embedded controller development.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; MS preferred.
About the job
Designs and develops SSD flash translation layer firmware, integrating, validating, profiling, and debugging firmware and resolving issues with stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and debug FTL and real-time embedded firmware for SSD products.
- Review, analyze, and improve firmware; perform SSD integration, performance profiling, validation, and debugging.
- Analyze failures and implement corrective firmware actions in collaboration with stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on FTL development experience in SSD.
- 5+ years of development experience in embedded controller environments.
- Proficiency in firmware and software programming (C/C++, assembly, script languages).
- Experience with at least one storage protocol: PCIe/NVMe, SATA, or SCSI.
Nice to have
- NAND flash storage device application and/or testing experience (a plus, not required).
- Multi-ARM core based development experience.
Pay
$170,000-$220,000 (USD, base salary)
Tools
FTL, C/C++, assembly, script languages, PCIe/NVMe, SATA, SCSI, JTAG
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