Director, SSD Firmware

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Req. ID: 249983 

As a Director for the SSD Engineering group at Micron Technology, Inc., you will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of firmware development on NAND storage products. You will lead a local (or multi-site) team to meet scheduled deadlines in a dynamic, multiple project based environment. You will also provide your team with the vital tools and technical knowledge to allow them to work efficiently using the development processes, tools, and development techniques required in a multi-product, platform codebase. This position includes responsibility for the management of your team through performance development and creating an environment of continuous improvement. As part of this role, you may be required to act as a Firmware (FW) Director, leading and supervising the Firmware portion of a product (or project) development.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manage the performance and development of team members
• Flexibility and the ability to prioritize issues and projects
• Identify strengths and craft individual development plans according to evaluated need
• Prioritize to meet timelines and deliverables within the group
• Establish goals and conduct performance appraisals; inspire change and growth
• Mentor and provide career development
• Ensure that deadlines and milestones dates are met
• Identify headcount needs and make hiring decisions
• Guide Firmware engineers in their professional technical development
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and tool support

Successful candidates will have the following:

• Understanding of state of the art SSD Firmware Development and test processes
• Deep understanding of SSD product features across various domains such as Front-End, FTL, NAND Media, Security and Common Services
• Ability to build positive relationships and strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to craft a comprehensive project plan, track it, and deliver to the plan

Experience:

Required Experience:

• Total Experience of 15 Years in which Minimum 8 years SSD Firmware development experience including leading project teams of at least 20 people
• Involvement bringing one or more products to market through volume manufacturing and maintenance
• Experience with sophisticated codebases
• Background working across teams, other disciplines, and departments
• Firmware Management experience
• Experience with solid-state memory development and NAND understanding strongly preferred

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with platform codebases supporting multiple products at a time
• Strong coding experience in C/C++
• Architecture and hardware background
• Experience defining detailed product requirements
• Background in multiple engineering disciplines such as ASIC development, product integration, test, manufacturing process

Education:

• Minimum a B.E/B.Tech or equivalent required

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands – Micron® and Crucial® – our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more visit micron.com/careers

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