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Key Responsibilities :

Firmware Architecture & Development :

- Design, develop, and maintain firmware for enterprise HDD involving SAS/SATA, ZAC/ZBC.
- Define firmware architecture, software frameworks, and module interfaces for scalable storage solutions.
- Firmware/Software development lifecycle including requirements, design, implementation, validation, and release.
- Implement algorithms and/or improve implementations and take part in their verification and production.

Storage Technology Leadership :

- Drive development of advanced storage features including :
- Middleware/Flash Translation Layer (FTL)

2.

Garbage

Collection

3.

Error

Recovery

- Power-Fail Management

5.

Storage

Protocol (SATA, SAS, NVMe) knowhow

- Collaborate on future storage technologies and product roadmaps.

Performance & Reliability Optimization :

- Analyze and optimize firmware performance, latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
- Lead root cause analysis of field issues and customer escalations.
- Develop diagnostic, telemetry, and debug capabilities.
- Develop simulation architecture to validate new performance algorithms.

Cross-Functional Leadership :





- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to firmware engineers.
- Participate in architecture reviews and technical decision-making.
- Engage with customers and field teams to understand requirements and resolve complex issues.

Required Qualification/Skillset :

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
- 15 years of firmware development experience with minimum 5 experience in storage Firmware.

Robust expertise in

- C/C

2.

Embedded

Systems

- RTOS and Bare-Metal Development

4.

Storage Firmware

Architecture

- Experience with firmware debugging using JTAG, Logic Analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
- Strong understanding of memory management, concurrency, interrupts, and performance optimization.
- Should be aware about any system level scripting language : Python, Perl, Shell, Lua etc.
- Excellent in object-oriented design including Data structures.
- Good knowledge of HW, SOC architecture, processor architecture.
- Strong analytical skill with hands-on debugging skills.

📌 Storage Firmware Architect - HDD/SSD/NVMe (India)
🏢 CAREER MAKERS
📍 India