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Principal Engineer, Customer Validation

Longmont-MAX- Office, CO💼 Full-time💰 $145,000–$145,000🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Hands-on technical contributor responsible for customer-focused system validation of enterprise and data-center SSDs, owning execution, debugging, qualification, and multi-functional coordination.

Role type

Principal Engineer, Customer Validation

Builds

Enterprise and data-center SSDs

Domain

Semiconductor / Storage

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

NVMe and PCIe protocols, system-level validation, firmware debugging, hardware debugging, Python scripting, C/C++ programming, validation methodologies, multi-functional coordination

Preferred skills

OEM/hyperscale/cloud customer qualification, validation execution ownership, technical leadership, compatibility testing, joint qualification processes

Technologies

NVMe, PCIe, Python, C/C++

Responsibilities

Plan and implement customer-specific system and SSD validation cycles, Set up and maintain validation environments and analyze test results, Perform system-level and drive-level debugging, Develop and enhance validation test cases and automation frameworks, Mentor developing engineers and contribute to test strategy, Apply Artificial Intelligence to improve organizational efficiency

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

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