Summer 2027 Intern - System Design Verification
Focus on automated test development and qualification for PCIe/NVMe solid state drives.
Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role focuses on test development and system design verification for SanDisk solid state drives. The position involves creating automated test content and supporting PCIe/NVMe SSD qualification across new product programs.
What you'll do
- Develop, enhance, and maintain automated test cases for PCIe/NVMe SSD validation based on marketing requirements, OEM requirements, engineering specifications, and product feature documents.
- Build scripts, tools, and test libraries to improve validation efficiency, coverage, repeatability, and debug visibility across qualification cycles.
- Use and develop AI-assisted tools to support test case generation, log analysis, failure triage, coverage review, and validation workflow automation.
- Execute and debug validation tests, perform first-level failure triage, collect logs, isolate issues, and support bug reporting through closure with cross-functional teams.
- Create and maintain test procedures, automation documentation, debug guides, and process documents.
What you'll need
- Educational background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Strong programming, scripting, and debugging skills in Python, C, or C++ for test automation and tool development.
- Problem-solving and debugging abilities in a collaborative engineering environment.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with lab automation, hardware control, or measurement equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, Raspberry Pi, protocol analyzers, or similar validation tools.
- Experience using or developing AI tools, LLM-based assistants, or data-analysis workflows for test development, automation, debug, or engineering productivity.
- Exposure to storage, PCIe, NVMe, embedded systems, firmware validation, or data analysis.
Skills: PCIe, NVMe, SSD validation, Python, oscilloscope
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 40-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
466
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Median days open
40 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$168k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | SanDisk | All employers we track in this specialty (466 roles · 66 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 466 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 47 | 2405 · 121 employers |
| Median days open | 10 d | 40 d (−30 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: PCIe, NVMe, SSD validation, Python, oscilloscope
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 62 open roles · median 40 d
- Qualcomm · 39 open roles · median 37 d
- Micron Technology · 31 open roles · median 47 d
- Apple · 30 open roles · median 17 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 40 d
- Microchip Technology · 23 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 466 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 66 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Nov 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.