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Sandisk

Senior Staff ASIC Platform Engineer

Hybrid · Longmont, CO

$150,000–$255,000Full-timeHybrid

About the role

The ASIC Design Enablement and Automation Engineering organization is seeking a self-driven, hands-on engineer to lead enablement, automation, and infrastructure development for large-scale pre-silicon emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms used in product development. This role supports the Emerging Technology Solutions group by enabling pre-silicon development through reliable farm infrastructure, automation, and cross-functional platform leadership for emerging technologies solutions group. The ideal candidate brings broad system-level knowledge, with depth in one or more areas such as emulation, FPGA prototyping, automation, firmware enablement, or platform debug.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Support Product Firmware, Firmware Validation, Security FW, and ASIC validation/verification throughout development cycle
• Develop scripts, tools, and automation to improve platform deployment, debug, monitoring and user workflows
• Debug complex platform issues across hardware, firmware, software, infrastructure and user environments
• Understand user workflows and platform use cases and then scale solutions across farm-based deployments
• Document, explain & share creative solutions to difficult technical problems

Qualifications
Required:
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field
• 8+ years of experience in pre-silicon development, emulation, FPGA prototyping, ASIC validation, firmware development, or related platform engineering Desired

Preferred Skills: 
• Expertise with pre-silicon ASIC or FW development
• Expertise with Cadence, Siemens and/or Synopsys emulation platforms or FPGA-based prototyping environments
• Ability to debug complex system-level issues across hardware, software, and platform infrastructure
• Familiarity with host interfaces such as PCIe, UFS, USB, and SD
• Familiarity with peripheral interfaces such as UART, JTAG, I2C, HSSTP, and related protocols.
• Experience working in Linux and Windows environments
• Expertise in Tcl
• Experience supporting pre-silicon development in cross-functional teams and optimizing hardware usage at scale
• Understanding of firmware development process and how that intersects with ASIC development and FPGA design