Distinguished Member Technical Staff - Storage Artificial Intelligence Architect

Posted:
1/31/2024, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
San Jose, California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
AI & Machine Learning ⋅ Software Engineering

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.

With the emergence of AI/ML deployment at scale, storage infrastructure is seeing significant re-architecture and design, to enable efficient deployment of memory and storage technologies! Micron is looking for an experienced host software stack engineer to help our team show case our storage and memory solutions on groundbreaking AI/ML applications while highlighting our thought leadership in this space with our customers and partners If you are an innovative, multi-functional thinker with the ability to deploy groundbreaking technologies in practical solutions, we want to talk to you. Initiative, passion and leadership skills are valued in your day to day work. 

Micron has long been a leader in DRAM and Flash memory, and we are at the forefront of emerging technologies such as CXL. We are well-positioned to lead the storage revolution that will allow customers to experience the full benefit of these exciting memory technologies! 

Identify, categorize, and define new market opportunities, business models, and innovative product concepts. Choose concepts for feasibility demonstration. Identify, establish, and maintain strong business relationships with potential customers and development partners. Develop take to market strategies. Guide and consult feasibility and take to market teams. Manage strategic business relationships with initial customers and 3rd party partners. Identify key market trends and competitive landscapes. Attend and represent Micron at appropriate industry consortia, technical organizations, and technical conferences. Identify and define new innovative product concepts and memory architectures. Establish and maintain strong technical relationships with customer and partner system architects and key technologists to identify and define new innovative memory products. Develop new product/architecture specifications. Work with Micron technologists, design engineers, and engineering teams to ensure successful implementation and feasibility demonstration of new product concepts. Keep abreast of new advanced technology and architecture trends in the market. Generate new intellectual property and patents. Evangelize Micron's new products, technologies, and capabilities.

Roles and Responsibilities 

  • Enable deployment of AI/ML solutions for reference ingestion, training and inference architectures using Micron SSDs and Micron Memory on prototype server/storage platforms – specific focus on Data Lakes, DLRMs, GNNs, Large Language Models and Generative AI 

  • Modify host software stack, drivers, or open-source, deep learning models, algorithms, to improve storage/memory performance or optimize cost. 

  • Work with engineers to test and demonstrate performance on storage infrastructures that simulate customer environments while meeting scalability, availability, security, and resiliency requirements. 

  • Work collaboratively, multi-functionally within Micron, with key domain experts to demonstrate deployment in customer storage infrastructure with Micron products 

  • Architect key performance indicators, drawing from industry standards to present to customers. 

  • Drive continuous improvement feedback to Micron product development organizations by interpreting findings and summarizing into high-level requirements. 

  • Meet project schedules with a high degree of fidelity. 

  • Evangelize technical content at customer meetings and key industry events. 

Knowledge and Skills: 

  • A  BS or MS degree in Engineering, Mathematics, , Computer Science, Data Science, or similar. 

  • Foundational grasp of computer science concepts like Memory management, Virtualization (Address Translation, Pass Through, Isolation), data storage. 

  •  Knowledge of Linux techniques to trace data movement. 

  • Strong coding skills in C/C++, Python 

  • Background in Large Dataset processing, Large Language Models and Multi-modal frameworks with hands-on problem-solving skills 

  • Object/File/Block File Systems and Storage Technologies 

  • Different Storage deployments (AFAs, Containers, Distributed FS) 

  • Experience with deploying Deep Learning models for training and inference on storage infrastructure is desirable. 

  • Experience with TPU/GPUs as well as deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, ROCm. 

  • Cloud Virtualization (VMWare, KVM) Technologies 

  • Experience with hypervisors and SDS stacks: VMware ESX, VSAN, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Ceph, Docker, Linux Containers 

  • Operating systems and associated internal storage stacks: Microsoft, VMware, Linux 

  • Familiarity with PCIe/NVMe Protocols and Memory technologies 

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills 

Education: 

A bachelor’s or master’s degree and 5-10+ years relevant engineering experience.

The US base salary range that Micron Technology estimates it could pay for this full-time position is:

$0.00 - $0.00

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.  The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries of the position across all US locations.  Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional job-related factors, including knowledge, skills, experience, tenure and relevant education or training.  The pay scale is subject to change depending on business needs.  Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Additional compensation may include benefits, discretionary bonuses and equity.

As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future.  We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget.  Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave.  Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays.  For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.

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Micron Technology

Website: https://micron.com/

Headquarter Location: Boise, Idaho, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1978

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Equity

Industries: Computer ⋅ Hardware ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Semiconductor