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# Sr Staff SSD Firmware Debug Engineer - 2255

- **Company:** Kioxia America, Inc.
- **Location:** Folsom, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,960.0 - $223,270.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Computing Platforms, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Event Logging, Firmware, Open Source Technology, PCI Express, Nvme
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Kioxia/744000141942873-sr-staff-ssd-firmware-debug-engineer-2255

## About the Role

BS degree in computer engineering or equivalent field with minimum 10 years of experience in a technical related field or MS degree in computer engineering or equivalent field with minimum 8 years of experience in a technical related field.

 * Proven NVMe and PCIe experience debugging complex SSD issues
 * SSD Firmware architecture and/or validation/test experience
 * SSD Firmware development/debug experience in C programming.
 * Excellent understanding of debug tools: PCIe and NVME protocol analyzers
 * Data center/server storage knowledge and experience
 * Open-Source SSD Tools, such as, NVMe-CLI, FIO
 * Good understanding of Open Compute Platform (OCP) specifications
 * Experience with Telemetry, Host logs (dmesg, event logs), Firmware trace logs
 * Strong verbal and written communication skills (English)
 * Able to travel when and where needed - both domestic and international

## Description

As an SSD Firmware Debug Engineer, your primary role is to triage and debug SSD drive Firmware failures for our data center SSD product line. In this role, you will work closely with the Product Support Engineering team to assist with resolution of customer reported issues and lead activities to root cause failures. This includes tracking multiple issues and driving stakeholders to deliver in high-pressure situations. The candidate will be a critical stakeholder in the decision-making process with an emphasis on providing solutions that are acceptable to customers., * Perform debug for SSD Firmware related issues reported from customers, Joint Qualifications and Customer Qualifications.

 * Work on development of debug firmware in C programming across the SSD firmware stack to accelerate the root cause analysis.
 * Work closely with core firmware development teams to drive issues to resolution in a timely manner.
 * Work on troubleshooting SSD performance issues and reduce tail latencies and improve IOPS and throughput.
 * Perform required lab work to replicate the reported issues
 * Create 8D/failure analysis reports and explain to the customer
 * Write product use-case technical white papers as needed


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