NVMe Test Engineer (Contractor) at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. in San Jose, California

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Advancing the Worlds Technology Together
Our technology solutions power the tools you use every day--including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and so much more. Here, youll have an opportunity to be part of a global leader whose innovative designs are pushing the boundaries of whats possible and powering the future.

We believe innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. Were dedicated to empowering people to be their true selves. Together, were building a better tomorrow for our employees, customers, partners, and communities.

What Youll Do

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. Samsung is committed to developing the next generation of enterprise solid-state flash technologies. 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.

Our Enterprise-class SSD's are expected to be of the highest quality, therefore we seek a highly-experienced Test Engineer to drive continual improvement in the quality of our test infrastructure. This position will define, implement and support functional test coverage to validate NVMe FW. Other critical activities will be to constantly monitor and analyze test coverage and deploy new tools and capabilities into the daily regression cycles. Other duties will include monitoring quality metrics to ensure trends are demonstrating a constant improvement in product quality.

Location: Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose office 3 days per week, with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time

What You Bring

• 8 to 10 years of experience in a related field of expertise
• Bachelor's in Engineering degree
• Youre inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• Youre collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.
• The candidate will work on NVMe Solid State Drives on execution and debugging of OEM drive qualification tests.
• Primarily understand test scripts and debug failures that arise during test execution with the development team.
• Experience in running NVMe compliance is required.
• Experience in at least 1 front end storage protocol like NVMe/PCIe, FC, SAS is preferred.
• Programming/scripting background (Perl, Shell or Python is preferred).
• Familiarity with SSD or HDD testing is a plus.
• Hand-on experience with protocol analyzers like LeCroy, SerialTek, or Xgig.
• Experience with system or device-level performance analysis.

What We Offer
The pay range below is for all roles at this level across all US locations and functions. Individual pay rates depend on a number of factorsincluding the roles function and location, as well as the individuals knowledge, skills, experience, education, and training.

For contract positions, Samsung Semiconductor partners with with Eastridge Workforce Solutions, an Employee Owned Company. As an employee of Eastridge, you'll have an opportunity to participate in the following benefits:

Medical With four plans to choose from, including PPO, High Deductible, and two Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) reimbursement plans designed to meet the individual ACA requirement, choose what's right for you.
Dental + Vision Through Anthem, we offer plans for dental and vision for you and your loved ones.
Employee Assistance Program With resources for so many of the moments life can bring our way, ask us how our EAP can support you.

Base Pay Range$60—$75 USD

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