We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

The FlashArray team builds the industry’s most innovative, high-performance, and highly available portfolio of products that are designed for the most demanding mission critical applications.  While we deliver a hardware storage array, over 90% of our engineering staff are software engineers. Our customers are the most important part of our business and they love FlashArray for it's simplicity of management, the constant flow of new and exciting upgrades, and ability to live on the cutting edge of technology while never taking downtime, ever. Most recently, we extended the value of our FlashArray capabilities into the cloud with CloudSnap and Cloud Block Store for AWS. These new innovations enable our customers to leverage the agility of the public cloud for both traditional IT and cloud-native applications. 

What You Will Be Doing

You’ll be actively engaged in all phases of the product development cycle with a focus on demonstrating capabilities of PURE’s internally designed SSDs.  As part of the drive qualification group, your leadership in areas of test, troubleshooting, assessments of results and team engagement will be utilized to drive progress with qualification efforts.  

An overview of your responsibilities includes;

• Manage drive qualification, which includes executing tests, driving analysis of issues, and guiding expectations based on testing results
• Organize testing plans for a given drive
• Develop summaries of your expectations and present results in various forums 
• Drive issues to resolution – perform initial failure analysis, analyze system for possible correlation, engage with various experts as needed and drive progress through closure
• Drive improvements in the qualification processes as you observe execution 
• Brainstorm methods and procedures to evolve our team’s effectiveness
• Proactively define/develop new SSD qualification tests, covering new drive features, requirements, exposure to field issues etc.
• Use your strong scripting language skills to develop and automate tests and minimize qualification testing cycles
• Participate in various team activities aimed at developing testing process, 
• Perceived as highly skilled in storage interface protocols (NVMe, SAS and SATA)
• Perceived as highly skilled in use of PCIe/SAS/SATA Bus analyzers, trace capture and trace analysis.

What You Bring To The Team 

• 5+ years in SSD/HDD design, development and qualification. (8+ preferred).
• B.S. Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (M.S. preferred).
• Experience working at enterprise data storage system, SSD companies or related component vendors
• Strong knowledge of Flash technologies/roadmaps, SSD controllers, drive FW
• Strong knowledge of hardware design, storage architectures and storage interfaces.
• Experience with failure modes of flash-based devices.
• Strong ability to devise, implement, automate and refine the qualification methods utilizing your scripting skills.
• Ability to qualify drives across a wide spectrum, from electrical to protocol to functional levels
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, technical development environment.
• Detail oriented, analytical, process savvy, and customer focused yet flexible and adaptable to business needs.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Ability to work collaboratively across various levels
• Ability to operate in a fast paced changing business environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Adaptable - undertake a variety of tasks willingly.  Ability to switch from complex to routine tasks when required.
• Decisive - ability to make decisions quickly when faced with multiple options.
• Integrity - act with personal integrity at all times.
• Professional - Confront problems, propose solutions and take ownership through to resolution.  Have a positive can-do approach to work.
• Knowledge/experience with Jenkins & GIT is a plus.
• SSD firmware development experience is a plus.
• Strong hardware design skills are a plus.
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

The annual base salary range is: $145,000– $219,000. Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations. 

This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity. 

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events - check out purebenefits.com for more information. 

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area™, Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials™ and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
• Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.

WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:

We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. At Pure Storage, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.​ 

Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you don’t match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel you’re a good match, please apply.