Flash Controller Design Engineer, Santa Rosa

Role: Flash Controller Design Engineer
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Long Term Contract
Key Responsibilities
Design and develop pre-silicon flash-controller blocks/subsystems for NAND-based SSD controller products
Drive end-to-end design flow covering requirements, architecture, micro-architecture, RTL/design implementation support, integration, debug, and design closure
Work on controller subsystems associated with NAND flash management, data movement, reliability, and performance optimization
Perform design debug, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution during pre-silicon development
Collaborate with architecture, verification, firmware, DFT, and post-silicon teams for feature readiness and smooth productization
Support design reviews, interface definition, and subsystem-level integration for storage-controller SoCs
Contribute to robust and scalable controller design for enterprise/data-center SSD use cases
Must-Have Skills
Strong experience in pre-silicon design for flash-controller, storage-controller, or ASIC/SoC products
Hands-on expertise in flash-controller design and design debug
Solid understanding of complete end-to-end SoC/ASIC design flow
Strong knowledge of NAND and Flash protocols/interfaces
Experience working on performance, reliability, and architecture-sensitive controller designs
Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills