Staff Engineer, Customer Validation - Longmont-MAX- Office, CO, United States
$121,000 - $207,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for an experienced individual contributor responsible for independently accomplishing customer-focused system validation for enterprise and data-center SSD products, owning end-to-end validation for assigned platforms.
What you'll do
- Independently plan and complete customer-specific SSD/system validation cycles and qualification runs.
- Set up, configure, and ensure the ongoing validation of environments including systems, firmware, OS, and platform settings.
- Analyze validation results, identify failures, and determine next steps including debug and risk assessment.
- Develop, extend, and maintain validation test cases, scripts, and automation.
- Serve as technical owner for assigned projects, providing mentorship and sharing guidelines across teams.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field with 6 years of experience in customer, system, or product validation roles.
- Strong knowledge and experience with NVMe and PCIe protocols and debugging skills across system, firmware, and hardware domains.
- Hands-on experience accomplishing system-level validation in complex hardware/software environments.
- Multi-functional experience working with firmware, hardware, system, and product teams.
- Proficiency in Python, C/C++, or similar languages and strong understanding of validation methodologies.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting OEM, hyperscale, or cloud customer validation programs.
- Ownership of customer-facing validation execution for platforms or programs.
- Experience mentoring peers or providing technical guidance within validation teams.
- Familiarity with industry certifications, compatibility testing, and joint qualification processes.
Skills: SSD/system validation, NVMe, PCIe protocols, firmware, hardware, Python
This role has been open 50 days — slightly above the 43-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
410
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Median days open
43 d
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Median salary
$172k
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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 (410 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 410 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 202 | 2219 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 40 d | 43 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: SSD/system validation, NVMe, PCIe protocols, firmware, hardware, Python
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 44 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 40 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 29 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 24 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 69 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 122 d
How we counted: 410 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.