THE ROLE

As a Member of Technical Staff within the NAND & Drive Qualification Team, you will serve as a senior technical authority and the Center of Excellence lead for hyperscale and system-level validation. Your mission is to architect the strategy that demonstrates the performance, reliability, and firmware maturity of Pure-developed Direct Flash Modules (DFMs). This is a high-impact, hands-on leadership role where you will own major technical domains—such as PCIe/NVMe/OCP compliance and NAND reliability—guiding our products from early concept to hyperscale deployment while mentoring the next generation of engineers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Architect and lead end-to-end validation strategies for critical domains, including NAND policy, power-loss robustness (PLP), and complex system-level stress tests (e.g., snapshot and secure boot).

• Design and engineer advanced validation suites and automation frameworks, converting complex manual demonstrations into scalable, repeatable Jenkins CI pipelines and analytics-driven workflows.

• Drive complex debug efforts and root-cause analysis across firmware, hardware, and system layers, utilizing log-based forensics (telemetry, NVMe/OCP logs) to ensure product stability.

• Act as the primary technical representative for Drive Qualification in cross-functional forums, influencing FW release councils, quality reviews, and joint-qualification discussions with hyperscale customers.

• Elevate team capabilities by prototyping non-deterministic test methods and mentoring IC3/IC4 engineers on advanced test design, data analysis, and coding standards within large shared codebases.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Extensive technical leadership experience in storage, SSD, or firmware validation, with a proven track record of taking enterprise-class products from early silicon through GA.

• Expert-level software engineering skills, specifically in Python, with a focus on building modular, maintainable test frameworks and automation tools in a Linux environment.

• Deep technical mastery of SSD protocols, including NVMe, PCIe (lane glitch, resets, link-width transitions), and OCP specifications for telemetry and latency monitoring.

• Comprehensive understanding of NAND fundamentals, such as P/E cycling, read-disturb, data retention, and EOL behavior, as well as experience with fault-injection and stress testing.

• Analytical proficiency with a demonstrated ability to define quality metrics and utilize data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Tableau) to create automated-triage pipelines and maturity dashboards.

• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Bengaluru (Blr) office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.