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Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence inspiring the world to learn communicate and advance faster than ever.
The Principal SSD Applications Engineer is Microns customer-facing SSD technical leader driving complex issue resolution technical enablement and the successful qualification deployment production ramp sustaining support and adoption of SSD products and solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex customer issue investigations including issue replication Level 1 debugging root cause analysis and failure analysis and manage issues from escalation through resolution using Jira or an equivalent issue-tracking system.
- Drive customer issue prioritization turnaround-time tracking technical reviews and escalation management while coordinating engineering validation quality product management field organizations and ecosystem partners.
- Support customer qualification platform integration deployment production ramp sustaining activities Level 1 performance testing workload characterization performance analysis interoperability testing validation and technical troubleshooting for assigned SSD products and solutions.
- Communicate product capabilities limitations technical requirements qualification criteria deployment considerations and technical findings through explicit accurate actionable and customer-appropriate communications.
- Own firmware release management including release planning deployment readiness firmware change-list development release documentation approval coordination customer communications and technical input for customer-specific firmware requirements.
- Develop and maintain customer-facing technical documentation including standard and custom datasheets application notes errata firmware release communications troubleshooting guides and related technical collateral and review Product Change Requests (PCRs) for impacts on documentation and customer deliverables.
- Deliver technical training mentoring and knowledge-sharing for Field Application Engineers (FAEs) Customer Quality Engineers (CQEs) Technical Customer Managers (TCMs) and support organizations and align technical execution with qualification schedules customer priorities identified risks and business commitments.
- Provide technical ownership and support for SSD management and diagnostic tools including MSECLI SuperDM and Storage Executive and coordinate tool-related issue resolution and enablement needs.
- Drive Design-for-Debug initiatives incorporate customer and field feedback into Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) product readiness activities and roadmap planning and analyze recurring issues to improve product quality reliability usability support readiness and customer experience.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related technical discipline with 13 or more years of relevant experience in SSD technologies storage systems firmware engineering hardware engineering applications engineering product engineering validation engineering technical support or a related technical field.
- Deep expertise in SSD architecture NAND Flash technologies storage controllers firmware interactions enterprise or data center storage systems and storage technologies and protocols including NVMe PCIe SATA and SAS.
- Proven experience leading customer escalations issue replication debugging root cause analysis failure analysis and complex technical problem resolution.
- Experience supporting product qualification deployment production ramp sustaining activities and post-deployment customer support including firmware release management technical documentation and customer or field enablement.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional technical investigations and managing issues through resolution using Jira or an equivalent issue-tracking system.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical findings into clear accurate actionable and audience-appropriate communications.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting prioritization and data-driven decision-making skills with excellent written and verbal communication presentation collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership influence decisions and lead strategic initiatives across global and matrixed organizations. Equivalent combinations of education training certifications and experience may be considered in accordance with company policy and applicable requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- Experience supporting SSD products across qualification validation deployment production ramp firmware release sustaining support and post-deployment customer support in enterprise data center hyperscale cloud OEM or other large-scale storage environments.
- Familiarity with SSD management and diagnostic tools automation frameworks validation environments technical data analysis and customer qualification workflows with proficiency in Python PowerShell Perl Shell scripting or comparable automation technologies.
- Experience working with customers OEMs hyperscalers cloud service providers ecosystem partners or global engineering organizations and collaborating with Technical Customer Managers Field Application Engineers Customer Quality Engineers product teams and other customer-facing organizations.
- Experience translating field feedback and customer requirements into product improvements technical requirements readiness plans and roadmap recommendations; developing technical documentation and delivering training; and applying or leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve engineering workflows technical analysis issue triage automation knowledge management documentation or customer support.
Key Skills and Domain Expertise
SSD Applications Engineering SSD Architecture Solid State Drives (SSD) NAND Flash NVMe PCIe SATA SAS Firmware Engineering Storage Controllers Enterprise Storage Data Center Storage Hyperscale Storage Cloud Storage Product
About Micron Technology Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich lifefor all. With a relentless focus on our customers technology leadership and manufacturing and operational excellence Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM NAND and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron and Crucial brands. Every day the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.
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📌 Principal SSD Applications Engineer (Bengaluru)
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