Principal Engineer, SSD Validation

Job overview

The Principal Engineer, SSD Validation role is onsite in San Jose, CA. The posting lists annual base pay of $154,000–$303,000. The Validation Strategy & Test Architecture team defines validation strategies and coverage architectures for Micron's Data Center SSD programs. The engineer sets validation strategy, identifies coverage gaps, and develops scalable methods for assessing product and system risks. The role translates customer requirements, product architectures, and field learnings into reusable validation approaches and applies analytics and AI-assisted methods to improve validation planning and effectiveness.

What you'll do

• Define validation strategies and coverage architectures for next-generation Data Center SSD technologies and customer deployments. Develop scalable validation methodologies
• analyze requirements, specifications, and architectures
• lead coverage assessments and identify gaps
• and develop customer-use-case-driven validation models. Evaluate technologies and develop proof-of-concept initiatives. Apply AI-assisted techniques, generative AI, LLMs, analytics, automation, and AI to improve requirements analysis, coverage assessment, failure investigation, and planning. Collaborate across engineering, present recommendations to leadership, and mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal engineer

ssd validation

data center ssd

validation strategy

coverage architecture

risk assessment

ai-assisted engineering

san jose ca

micron technology

$154,000–$303,000/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision plan choices
• income-protection programs
• paid family leave
• paid time off
• and paid holidays. Additional compensation may include benefits, bonuses, and equity.

Why this role

The posting requires a bachelor's degree in a related technical field and eight or more years of experience in Data Center SSD, storage systems, firmware, validation, systems engineering, or related disciplines.

About the employer

Micron Technology, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing. Sector: 33.