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Solidigm

Designs and manufactures enterprise SSDs

Senior Failure Analysis Engineer

Hardware EngineeringUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeRancho Cordova, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree with 5 or more years of experience in a relevant area, or a Master's degree with 3 or more years of experience in a relevant area.
  • Architectural knowledge of NAND-based solid-state drives.
  • Basic operational understanding of NAND memory devices.
  • Working experience with storage interfaces including PCIe/NVMe, SATA, and SAS.
  • Ability to analyze SSD drive telemetry logs and develop failure-analysis hypotheses.
  • Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, with ability to perform system-level debugging in these environments.
  • Strong electronics background, with experience in PCB development, embedded-system architecture and design, and embedded-system power systems.
  • Strong experience with test equipment including oscilloscopes, power supplies, and logic analyzers.
  • Experience developing scripts using Python and/or C.

Responsibilities

  • Debug solid-state drive failures discovered during internal validation and field failures reported by customers across a variety of SSD architectures and failure modes.
  • Collaborate with peer engineering teams across firmware, hardware, platform, validation, operating systems, and drivers to identify root causes of issues from internal validation and customer reports.
  • Debug SSD firmware and software, including operating systems, drivers, and validation software, to determine root causes of performance, reliability, and functional issues.
  • Use internal tools, PCIe/NVMe protocol analyzers, and firmware debuggers to support root-cause analysis.
  • Share failure-analysis methodology with junior failure-analysis engineers.

About the Company

Solidigm

Designs and manufactures enterprise SSDs

Solidigm designs and manufactures NAND flash memory and enterprise SSDs for data centers, cloud, and AI workloads. Its product line includes high-density QLC drives and liquid-cooled eSSDs for fanless GPU servers, plus software like CSAL (Cloud Storage Acceleration Layer) and the Luceta AI vision software suite. It operates as a standalone subsidiary within SK hynix, with R&D in Rancho Cordova, and serves enterprises, cloud providers, data-center operators, and storage solution providers. Unlike many rivals, Solidigm combines a broad range of form factors and capacities with open-source storage acceleration software and AI-focused tooling, supported by a corporate structure that aligns with SK hynix’s AI investment strategy. The goal is to provide reliable, scalable storage solutions for data centers, cloud infrastructure, AI infrastructure, and edge deployments, helping customers store and access large amounts of data efficiently.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
N/A
Total funding
$100M
Headquarters
Rancho Cordova, CA
Founded
2021

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