Principal PCIe Application Engineer - San Jose, CA, United States
$204,000 - $347,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 October 2026 by the employer.
Join Micron’s SSD Controller Engineering team, developing advanced memory and storage technologies.
About the role
As a Principal PCIe Application Engineer, you will lead validation efforts for SSD controller ASICs from development through production. This role drives validation strategy and solves complex system challenges.
What you'll do
- Lead ASIC validation activities from pre-silicon FPGA development through product qualification and production release.
- Develop and implement validation plans covering functional, performance, power, reliability, and system-level testing.
- Perform post-silicon bring-up, debug, and root-cause analysis across PCIe, NVMe, DDR, NAND/ONFI, and firmware subsystems.
- Build automation frameworks, validation tools, and test infrastructure.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC validation, SSD controller development, storage systems, or firmware development.
- Strong knowledge of SSD controller architecture, system-level validation, and high-speed interfaces including PCIe, NVMe, DDR, and NAND/ONFI.
- Hands-on experience with FPGA validation, post-silicon bring-up, silicon debug, ASIC verification, or validation.
- Proficiency in Python, Perl, Shell, or similar scripting languages.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience with SSD controller firmware architecture, NAND flash technologies, enterprise SSDs, and storage system optimization.
- Experience with ARC-based SoC firmware development, protocol analyzers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, FPGA prototyping, and post-silicon debug tools.
- Success leading validation programs for complex ASIC or storage controller products through production and customer support phases.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code to develop or verify code and improve validation efficiency.
Skills: ASIC validation, post-silicon bring-up, silicon debug, PCIe, DDR, NAND
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 41-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
398
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Median days open
41 d
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Median salary
$174k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (398 roles · 62 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 40 | 398 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 212 | 2196 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 32 d | 41 d (−9 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $174k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC validation, post-silicon bring-up, silicon debug, PCIe, DDR, NAND
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 42 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 32 d
- Qualcomm · 34 open roles · median 27 d
- NVIDIA · 24 open roles · median 20 d
- Graphcore · 21 open roles · median 115 d
- Microchip Technology · 20 open roles · median 67 d
How we counted: 398 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 62 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.