SSD Systems Architect

Job Description

Req. ID: 139351

Micron Technology’s vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life and our commitment to people, innovation, tenacity, collaboration, and customer focus allows us to fulfill our mission to be a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This means conducting business with integrity, accountability, and professionalism while supporting our global community.

As a Senior Systems Architect , you will work as an integral part of the architecture and product planning team to define storage systems for our customers. You will be part of the continued growth in non-volatile memory technologies, Micron continues to invest in the internal development of Solid State Drives (SSD).
Your new responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Identifying and define new innovative product concepts and SSD architectures
• Maintaining strong technical engineering relationships with customer/partner system architects and key technologists to identify and define new innovative memory products
• Working with Micron technologists, design engineers, and engineering teams to ensure successful implementation and feasibility demonstration of new product concepts
• Developing new product/architecture specifications
• Helping to choose concepts for feasibility demonstration
• Generating new intellectual property and patents
• Evangelizing Micron's new products, technologies, and capabilities; Attend and represent Micron at appropriate industry consortia, technical organizations, and technical conferences
• Identifying key industry technical trends and competitive landscapes; Stay abreast of new advanced technology and architecture trends in the market
• Modeling and analysis of Performance, Power and host driven workloads.
• Generating System Architecture specifications. Provide System Architectural requirements to our go to market teams

Successful candidates for this position will have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical/Electronics/Computer, Master's or PhD (Preferred) and 8+ years in design, product, test, support, system, or applications engineering experience

Systems experience, including:

• Experience in SSD and or HDD architecture, Design or analysis and/or troubleshooting Operating systems: Linux, Windows, VMware Device drivers & Firmware Storage devices
• Working knowledge of SATA, SAS or PCIe interfaces

Technical Skills, including:

• Detailed knowledge of NAND Flash, Solid State drives, and or Hard Disk Drives
  • Storage protocols: SATA/ATA, SAS and NVMe
  • NAND interfaces: ONFI, toggle, etc NAND Management: error detection and correction
  • Storage Systems : RAID systems, Blades and Workstations
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and disciplined abilities
• Ability to work with other engineers across multiple disciplines, as well as customers of various positions
• Ability to travel and be available for international travel

About Us

As the leader in innovative memory solutions, Micron is helping the world make sense of data by delivering technology that is transforming how the world uses information. Through our global brands — Micron, Crucial and Ballistix — we offer the industry’s broadest portfolio. We are the only company manufacturing today’s major memory and storage technologies: DRAM, NAND, NOR and 3D XPointTM memory. Our solutions are purpose built to leverage the value of data to unlock financial insights, accelerate scientific breakthroughs and enhance communication around the world.

Micron Benefits

Employee Rewards Program, Healthcare, Paid time off (Combined Sick and Vacation Time), Retirement savings plans, Paid maternity/paternity leave, Employee Assistance Program, Professional development training, Workplace wellness programs, Micron Health Clinic (Boise only), Fitness Center / Activity rooms (Boise only), Tuition Reimbursement, Micron Corporate Discounts, Casual Dress attire.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, discipline and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, pregnancy, veteran’s status, or other classifications protected under law. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for team members' disabilities or religious beliefs and practices.

Each manager, supervisor and team member is responsible for carrying out this policy. The EEO Administrator in Human Resources is responsible for administration of this policy. The administrator will monitor compliance and is available to answer any questions on EEO matters.

To request assistance with the application process, please contact Micron’s Human Resources Department at 1-800-336-8918 (or 208-368-4748).

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