Sr.Technologist System Design Engineering

Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape.

Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Responsibilities

Exciting opportunity to work on innovative NAND Flash products for AI infrastructure; Develop next-generation products in the Emerging Technology Solutions group; Analyze and optimize system design throughout kernel and inference execution. Work content includes:; Design system performance analysis mechanism and drive for optimization. Area to be worked on includes but not limited to; HBF utilization, access pattern, locality and wear-leveling evaluation; Other system high-speed interface utilization; Critical IP utilization; NOC utilization; Latency analysis; Asure FW & System architecture alignment and support FW and system verification & validation; Drive HAL layer development; New Product Introduction (NPI) - System bring up and failure analysis; Host workload analysis; Architecture optimization & FW-HW partition optimization

Requirements

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in EE, ECE, E&I, VLSI, or other relevant field; 15+ years (BS), 12+ years (MS), or 8+ years (PhD) experience in NAND flash–based system design; Experience in flash product performance analysis; Experience flash product NPI (New Product Introduction); Understanding of technical and logistical challenges in delivering industry-leading products; Ability to lead cross-functional teams to address System/SoC/HW/FW integration challenges; Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills; Proven ability to multi-task and solve complex problems

Nice to have

Knowledge of programming in high-level languages (e.g. C, C++, Python); Knowledge of AI server hardware/software frameworks; Knowledge of LLM algorithm; Experience with flows and toolchains for system characterization and production testing; Familiarity with PCIe, Toggle Mode/ONFI, and other high-speed interfaces