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Senior Firmware Engineer(BE)Silicon Motion • Milpitas, CA, United States
Senior Firmware Engineer(BE)

Senior Firmware Engineer(BE)

Silicon Motion • Milpitas, CA, United States
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Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities

  • NAND Management

Maintain NAND flash operation flows, including program, read, and erase sequences across multiple channels, dies, and planes.

  • Implement bad block management, read-retry mechanisms, and error recovery flows to ensure data integrity.
  • Analyze and mitigate NAND-specific issues such as read disturb, program disturb, retention loss, and endurance degradation.
  • Optimize parallelism to fully utilize NAND bandwidth and improve throughput under mixed workloads.
  • DRAM Bring-up and Stability Verification
  • Including memory controller parameter setup, timing configuration, and power-on sequences.

  • Verify DRAM read / write correctness under functional and stress testing.
  • SSD Boot-Up Flow
  • Maintain SSD boot-up sequence, including firmware loading and system initialization.

  • Peripheral Control and FW / HW Interface
  • Develop firmware for peripherals such as temperature sensors, power monitors, and GPIO-based controls.

  • Debug and Validation
  • Capture and analyze NAND waveforms using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes to verify timing compliance.

  • Debug DRAM initialization, training, and boot-up related issues, providing root cause analysis and firmware fixes.
  • Minimum Requirements / Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
  • At least 3 years work experience in each of the following :
  • Software / firmware applications engineering

  • Experience in SSD controller / firmware architecture
  • Strong experience in C / C++ programming and data structure
  • Hands on experience with JTAG / ICE debuggers
  • Experience with version control software like Git.
  • Competent to work independently as well as in a small team collaboration environment.
  • Must be willing to learn fast and execute as a team player.
  • Good oral, written and presentation skills for communication and documentation.
  • Ability to work independently with a minimum of day-to-day supervision.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • The ability to operate logic analyzer, oscilloscope and bus protocol analyzer is valuable.
  • Familiar with SATA / PCIe (NVMe) protocols
  • Familiar with NAND flash protocols
  • Linux system debug experience.
  • Fluent in reading and writing Mandarin preferred.
  • Work Location

    Work Location : Rancho Cordova, CA

    Compensation

    Estimated Base Pay Range (USD) for this full-time position is : $150,000 - $210,000 per annum

    The successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.

    SMI-USA : Compensation, Benefits, Rewards and Culture

    Silicon Motion believes that a company\'s most important asset is their employees. That is why we make sure that we offer an excellent array of benefits to eligible employees and encourage them to find balance between work and life. We offer competitive compensation and reward superior performance. Employees are eligible to be recognized in the following ways :

  • Highly competitive salaries differentiated by performance.
  • Annual merit increases
  • Year-end bonus
  • RSU for eligible employees
  • Invention and Patent Awards
  • 401(k) Employer Matching
  • Length of Service Awards
  • We offer comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible employees and dependents. There are plans to meet the needs of you and your family.
  • For applying job positions or more information regarding the recruitment, please contact : jobs@siliconmotion.com

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