Principal / Staff Engineer – Firmware Development

Req. ID:

JR110320 Principal / Staff Engineer – Firmware Development

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

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.

Responsibilities:

SUPPORT CUSTOMERS AND DEBUG FIRMWARE

• Customer engineering support: Act as the primary technical escalation point for Security Firmware on SSD products — triage, prioritize, and drive customer reported security issues to closure within committed response times
• Security feature enablement: Guide customers through the configuration, integration, and validation of SSD security features; including, but not limited to: TCG Opal/Pyrite/Ruby and Enterprise SSC, ATA and NVMe security commands, self-encrypting drive operation, secure boot and signed firmware update, sanitize and cryptographic erase, key management, and device attestation
• Debug and root cause analysis: Reproduce customer, qualification, and field failures in the lab; analyze firmware logs, traces, and bus captures; debug Security Firmware source; and deliver documented root cause and corrective action
• Firmware fixes and validation: Develop, unit test, and functionally validate targeted Security Firmware changes and customer specific configurations and builds, ensuring each change meets the security, functional, performance, and quality/reliability requirements of the technical spec matrix before release
• Vulnerability and incident response: Assess the impact of reported vulnerabilities and security findings on products already in the field, and support mitigation planning, remediation delivery, and customer disclosure
• Customer qualification and compliance support: Support customer security audits, security questionnaires, and certification activities (e.g. TCG specification compliance, FIPS 140-3, Common Criteria), and produce the application notes, integration guides, and technical documentation customers depend on

STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Represent Micron in direct technical engagement with customer engineering teams, translating Security Firmware behavior, constraints, and risk into terms that are clear to both engineering and non-engineering audiences
• Dedicatedly provide to management, multi-functional team members, and the firmware team consistent, detailed, and properly summarized information regarding customer issues, escalation status, and the progress of firmware fixes
• Maintain accurate issue records, root cause reports, and knowledge base content so that recurring customer questions are answered faster over time

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

• Multi-functional Teamwork: Develop and maintain collaborative, open and, constructive relationships with peers, management, and partner teams across firmware development, product engineering, quality, and field applications
• Team Development: Provide technical capability that continuously improves team involvement, morale, and productivity
• Personal Development: Work to continuously improve your technical capability and communication skills

AI UTILIZATION

• Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and requirements.
• Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.

Requirements :

• Bachelor's/master's degree in computer or electrical engineering with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in a customer facing engineering role such as customer engineering support, field applications, sustaining engineering, or escalation management is strongly preferred
• Embedded Security domain knowledge and experience, including cryptography fundamentals (AES, RSA/ECC, SHA), key management, secure boot, and secure firmware update
• Familiarity with storage security standards and features such as TCG Opal and Enterprise SSC, ATA Security, NVMe security and sanitize commands, and self-encrypting drives is an advantage
• Expertise in the use of programming languages (eg. C, C++, RUST), programming tools & environments
• Experience programming in Python for test automation, log parsing, and debug tooling is an advantage
• Understanding of storage interfaces including ideally PCIe/NVMe, SATA, or SAS
• Experience with NAND flash and other non-volatile storage is an advantage
• Experience in storage industry, storage systems, or a related technology is an advantage
• Proficiency in debugging and resolving code problems for firmware applications, including the use of debuggers, firmware trace and log analysis, and protocol analyzers
• Experience with defect tracking, change control, and firmware release processes in a production or sustaining environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent escalations under time pressure and stay effective in customer visible situations
• Ability to apply baseline digital fluency and role-appropriate AI literacy to use AI-enabled tools responsibly and effectively for research, analysis, content creation, problem-solving, operational tasks, and achieving business outcomes.

Job Profile(s):

Firmware Engineer 5

Relocation level: (TBD)

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