Principal Engineer, System Design Engineering

Role Overview: As a USB Eco system development engineer at Sandisk, your primary focus will be on developing and validating features for SanDisk's existing and future pSSD and USB solutions. Additionally, you will be involved in ramping up iNAND/UFS Eco system activities and collaborating with OEM partners and customers. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate with USB host partners, internal product teams, and OEM partners to align, develop, and validate features for pSSD and USB solutions. Also, participate in ramping up activities for iNAND/UFS ecosystems. - Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of USB protocol, device drives, and Windows/MAC drivers. - Develop product-specific features, represent SanDisk in customer/partner QTRs (Quarterly Technical Reviews) and review meetings. - Exhibit excellent communication and presentation skills, build relationships with partners/customers, and closely collaborate with outbound and inbound marketing teams. - Work with USB/UFS standard teams to develop TPs (Technical Proposals) for USB and/or iNAND product lines. Conduct host trace analysis, specific benchmark/workload analysis, and host-side driver debugging for Windows and MAC systems. - Understand customer/partner requirements, translate them into product requirements or features, engage early with customers/partners for platform prototypes/samples, and conduct interoperability testing and compliance testing to enhance compliance early in the cycle for product lines. Qualifications: - BE/ME with 8+ years of relevant experience in embedded systems or Firmware development, preferably with Storage domain experience and USB/NVMe protocol experience. Note: This role will require working closely with customers/Eco system partners to build relationships and engage in technical discussions and solution development for the mutual benefit of Sandisk and Eco system partners.,