SSD Firmware Engineer

Position Summary

Role and Responsibilities

About Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR)

Samsung Memory as a global industry leader for more than two decades, pioneered in milestone technologies like DRAM, NAND Flash and widest product portfolio based on these technologies.
Memory software team, SSIR Bangalore plays a key role in maintaining this leadership by continuous innovation and applying it to a real life products. We provide the opportunities for you to share and build up your knowledge and expertise, and collaborate to drive innovation forward. At Samsung, you will witness your ideas come to life in new products and solutions that shape the future.

Here is an opportunity to be part of this talented team where you can also be an innovator and make bigger impact

As a Firmware Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor India Bangalore, you will be involved in Design, Implementation and Integration of various firmware subsystems of Flash storage products (SSDs, Mobile Storage using NVMe/UFS/SAS/SATA interfaces).
You will be associated with Product's development life cycle ranging from Product inception to Qualification or any specific area defined by specific assignment. You will also be responsible for providing technical inputs or guidance to improve and adhere to software development and quality assurance processes necessary to ensure the firmware consistently meets the required functionality, re-usability, reliability and performance to ensure Samsung SSDs meet their design targets.

The main areas of responsibility for this person/position are:

• SSD/Flash storage Products : Develop firmware subsystems that meet or exceed the requirements of technical Spec matrix including but not limited to Performance, Reliability, Endurance and Functionality
•  Firmware Quality Assurance : Develop a firmware functional unit or integration test capability that ensures all the firmware subsystems meets the quality and functional KPIs
   Multi-functional Teamwork : Develop and maintain collaborative, open and constructive relationships with peers and management
•  Personal Development : Work to continuously improve your technical skills/capability and communication/presentation skills
•  Team Development : Provide technical capability that continuously improves team involvement, morale and productivity

Required (Mandatory)

Individual Contributor:

• Strong Programming skills in C/C++, Data structures/Algorithms.
• Sound knowledge on NAND flash firmware stack like front end/back end etc. (FTL, Host Interface, Flash Interface etc.)
• Previous work experience on any of the storage protocols (eMMC/UFS/SCSI/SATA/NVMe).
• Knowledge on scripting languages like Perl/Python/Shell etc. and Batch/Make/CMM scripting etc.
• Strong debugging skills in Visual Studio, on ARM based SOC using Lauterbach T32, Logic Analyzers etc. Issue re-production/fixing, Logging/Diagnostics etc.
• Experience in Requirement analysis, Architecture, Design, Development and UT/IT.
• Trouble shooting complex issues such as scalability & performance issues, memory leaks, memory corruption and Code size issues & optimization techniques
• Excellent skills on written/verbal communications and complex design articulation/presentation
• Demonstrated team player or technical leader in a dynamic, fast moving and fast growing product development environment

Experience – 6 to 15 yrs

Qualifications

• B.Tech/B.E/M.Tech/M.E

Disclaimer

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