Senior Product Development Engineer

• Full-time
• Salary Range:
  
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• Job Type (exemption status):
  Exempt position - Please see related compensation & benefits details below
• Business Function:
  Product Development 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.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Staff Product Development Engineer to lead product development and customer technical engagement for Sandisk’s NAND wafer and component product line.

Our team focuses on productizing Sandisk NAND technology into customer storage solutions across data center and edge applications. This role combines deep NAND technical expertise, customer engagement, and cross-functional leadership. The successful candidate will work closely with global customers and internal engineering teams to develop state-of-the-art NAND products, align product capabilities with system requirements, and enable successful customer qualification and product deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for NAND wafer and component products, driving product excellence and influencing product roadmaps, features, and technical specifications.
• Act as the primary engineering point of contact for customer technical engagements.
• Translate customer system requirements into NAND product specifications, features, and component configurations; lead alignment and specification closure with customers and internal engineering teams to meet performance, reliability, and power objectives.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering teams to address customer technical queries and issues promptly.
• Develop clear, accurate, and customer-appropriate technical responses by consolidating and sanitizing information from internal engineering teams.
• Review and refine customer-facing technical documents to ensure clarity, consistency, and appropriate messaging.
• Support business and account teams in customer meetings, providing engineering expertise and influencing technical tradeoffs and decisions.
• Deliver technical training to FAEs, marketing, and other internal teams on NAND technology, product specifications, usage models, application notes, qualification processes, and known issues.

REQUIRED:

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 10+ years of industry experience in NAND flash memory, storage products, or semiconductor technologies.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in NAND flash memory engineering.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive complex technical issues to resolution.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to balance engineering details, customer sensitivities, and business objectives.
• Strong knowledge of NAND flash memory technology, including specifications, features, Toggle mode interface protocols, cell reliability, qualification, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in NAND application engineering or technical program management is a plus
• Direct experience supporting OEMs, hyperscalers, or system integrators on NAND adoption, qualification, and productization is preferred.

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions,…