Senior Engineer II-Applications (Software/Firmware) - TX - Houston - Compaq Center Dr, United States
Originally posted 14 May 2026 by the employer.
Support SAS/SATA/NVMe protocols, RAID controller embedded firmware, and PCIe technologies for datacenter and server channel products.
About the role
As a Senior Engineer II-Applications (Software/Firmware) at Microchip Technology, you will collaborate with product development, validation, marketing, and sales teams to provide technical customer support for Datacenter and Server channel products. The role focuses on SAS/SATA/NVMe protocols, RAID controller embedded firmware, OS drivers, and PCIe and encryption technologies.
What you'll do
- Support SAS/SATA/NVMe protocol, RAID controller embedded firmware, OS drivers, management software, PCIe, security, and encryption technologies. - Work closely with Tier 1 OEMs and ODMs to define requirements, support design wins, manage deliverables, and guide initial system bring-up to production. - Root cause and document customer issues independently or by leading cross-functional teams, maintaining the knowledge base and issue tracking database. - Develop and review customer-facing documentation including user guides, release notes, application notes, and technical product training. - Travel within North America and internationally as needed to customer sites to debug firmware and software.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 7.5+ years of directly related experience. - Strong understanding of PCIe/CXL, NVMe, SAS/SATA, SCSI, and storage-related technologies. - Experience with board-level debug and bench top test equipment such as protocol analyzers/exercisers and logic analyzers. - Demonstrated experience facing Tier 1 customers, gathering requirements, and driving deliverables through the project management process. - Strong understanding of web applications and customer service software.
Nice to have
- Experience with RISC, MIPS, or ARM-based embedded processors, and storage accelerators. - Experience with server/storage firmware and software, server BIOS functionality, and device drivers. - Experience with high-speed debug equipment including oscilloscopes, DCAJ, BERT, and debugging tools such as WinDbg, JTAG, serial port, and Green Hills Debugger. - Experience with storage management (MCTP, BMC) and TCP/IP or Local Area Networking. - Structured programming experience in C, C++, and TCL/TK or other scripting languages. - Exposure to AI/ML, deep learning, and natural language processing.
This role has been open 124 days — well above the 54-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
765
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$169k
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| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (765 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 765 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 52 | 6277 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 98 d | 54 d (+44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 126 open roles · median 53 d
- Micron Technology · 65 open roles · median 87 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 58 open roles · median 57 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 45 open roles · median 44 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 36 open roles · median 31 d
How we counted: 765 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.