# Drive Qualification Engineer (HDD/SSD)

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Annual Salary USD 98,000 - 185,200 in Colorado // 92,600 - 213,500 in Texas
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Drive Qualification Engineer will lead the development, integration, and support of storage devices within the Primary Storage Business Unit. This role requires deep subject expertise in SSD and HDD technologies, with a focus on enterprise environments.

Responsibilities:

- Lead integration of SSDs into HPE Primary Storage systems, including developing and executing qualification tests, defining and managing joint testing activities with suppliers, and resolving issues during qualification.

- Manage and expand technical relationships with industry suppliers and internal development partners on electrical hardware and firmware design of storage devices for Primary Storage.

- Partner with customer support, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to investigate, understand, and resolve SSD issues in the field and in the factory.

- Review and evaluate designs and project activities for compliance with Industry Standards and HPE Primary Storage requirements; provide tangible feedback to improve product quality.

- Provide domain-specific expertise and overall electrical/electronic hardware leadership and perspective on storage devices to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities throughout the life cycle of the storage products.

- Drive innovation and integration of new storage device technologies into projects and activities to differentiate HPE storage products from competition.

- Develop validation methods for new storage device features.

- Capture and decode NVMe and SAS bus analyzer traces to resolve storage-related issues.

- Provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

- Typically, 4+ years of experience with Lab testing for Storage devices for SSD and HDD.

- High fluency in Linux Environment, particularly Debian.

- In-depth experience with NVMe and SAS capturing and analyzing bus traces using electrical design tools and software packages including SerialTek, JDSU, and LeCroy NVMe and SAS Analyzers.

Knowledge and Skills:

- T10's SAS Interface Specifications and OCP Data Center SATA/SAS Drive Specification.

- NVM Express, NVMe Management Interface, OCP Data Center Drive, and MCTP Base Specifications.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Experience in overall architecture of electronic hardware for products and solutions.

- Designing and integrating electronic components, integrated circuitry, and algorithms into overall architecture.

- Evaluating and proposing forms of empirical analysis, modeling, and testing methodologies to validate component, circuit, and hardware designs and thermal/emissions management.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.

- Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals, and negotiate options at senior management levels.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Engineering
- Linux Environment
- Debian
- NVMe
- SAS
- SerialTek
- JDSU
- LeCroy NVMe and SAS Analyzers
- T10's SAS Interface Specifications
- OCP Data Center SATA/SAS Drive Specification
- NVM Express
- NVMe Management Interface
- OCP Data Center Drive
- MCTP Base Specifications

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