Principal Hardware Engineer, SSD

Join Micron Technology and help transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. As a world leader in memory and storage solutions, Micron is developing next-generation SSD technologies that power data centers, AI infrastructure, client computing, and intelligent edge applications.

• We are seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented SSD Hardware Engineer to build the development of Micron's next-generation Solid State Drive (SSD) products. This position requires expertise in hardware architecture, high-speed digital composition, and system-level integration. The successful candidate will possess strong experience with PCIe, DDR, ONFI, and high-speed interface implementation, along with extensive hands-on laboratory debugging and validation experience.
• As part of Micron's digital transformation strategy, engineers are encouraged to bring to bear and continuously develop skills in AI-enabled software development and intelligent automation.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Practical experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into applications, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and advanced inference services.
• Knowledge of agentic architectures and autonomous software agents capable of reasoning, planning, and accomplishing multi-step workflows.
• Experience developing AI solutions using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), tool chaining, task orchestration, and context-aware decision systems.
• Understanding of Responsible AI practices, including model evaluation, observability, governance, and secure deployment.
• Ability to identify and implement opportunities where automation can improve engineering productivity, build efficiency, debugging effectiveness, and business outcomes.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure hardware builds meet all firmware, system, performance, reliability, and manufacturability requirements.
• Participate in system architecture definition, build reviews, requirements development, and product planning activities for SSD solutions.
• Conduct signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis, simulation, validation, and characterization tasks.
• Document, communicate, and present build results and recommendations to collaborators.
• Evaluate and analyze build proposals, perform engineering tradeoff studies, and recommend efficient build solutions.
• Build hardware for high-volume manufacturing, incorporating Design for Excellence (DFx), cost optimization, reliability, and quality considerations.
• Own SSD hardware development activities throughout the complete product lifecycle, including schematic capture, simulations, worst-case analysis, component derating, validation, and production support.
• Define PCB stack-up specifications, signal transmission methods, component arrangement approaches, routing limitations, and board-level signal integrity/power integrity considerations.
• Work closely with firmware, validation, manufacturing, reliability, and customer support teams during development, qualification, and RMA investigations.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers at early career stages and peers.
• Leverage AI-based tools and automation technologies to accelerate build, validation, debug, and engineering workflows.
• Self-motivated, diligent, and meticulous with a strong desire to solve complex technical challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of transmission line theory and high-speed signal propagation fundamentals.
• Solid knowledge of time-domain and frequency-domain analysis techniques.
• Extensive experience with high-speed PCB build, routing reviews, power distribution networks, and EMI/ESD mitigation techniques.
• Experience crafting solutions for signal integrity and power integrity in high-performance systems.
• Analog circuit build and simulation experience using SPICE or equivalent modeling tools.
• Familiarity with automated test methodologies and test automation frameworks is preferred.
• Hands-on SI laboratory experience measuring high-bandwidth signals (20-35 GHz range).
• Experience using PCIe compliance equipment and validation methodologies.
• Proficiency with schematic…