Senior Technical Staff - Architect - (355-21)

**TO APPLY: https://careers.microchip.com/job/2301/senior_technical_staff_architect

The Data Center Solutions Business Unit is responsible for building board and silicon level products for storage, machine learning, and other accelerator applications with Best-in-Class performance and flexibility. As a Sr. Technical Staff Engineer, you will be part of the Flashtech Architecture team that defines future product direction, guides NAND characterization effort and define NAND QOS features.

Data Center Solutions include System on Chip NVMe based flash controllers. The controllers are used in products for the high performance and mainstream segment of the enterprise and data center storage markets.

Our focus is on technical excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvement in an open and encouraging environment. We are looking for a candidate with a strong technical background in product development, embedded systems, and storage protocols.

Responsibilities:

• Provide a technical vision for future product direction.
• Propose and specify the high-level features and architecture.
• Provide guidance and insight into NAND characterization and operation.
• Regularly review and discuss issues with the development teams and NAND vendors.
• Assist troubleshooting of difficult problems reported by internal test/development teams and by global customers.
• Write comprehensive engineering architecture documentation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent (Master’s degree preferred)
• 15+ years of industry experience in product development
• Knowledge of NAND flash architectures and features
• Knowledge of storage and NAND flash protocols
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and documentation skills
• Effective communicator of technical ideas, both verbal and written
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, ability and resourcefulness to achieve goals with minimal supervision
• Capable of working with customers and technology partners in the architecture phase and in feature design

Value-add Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge of NAND flash operation and architecture
• Detailed knowledge of PCI Express interface, data flow, and programming models
• Knowledge of artificial intelligence topics and applications
• Knowledge of security topics and applications
• Knowledge of Agile development process