Job Description

KIOXIA America Inc is looking for an ASIC Design Engineer for our San Jose, CA office. The ideal candidate will work in Kioxia’s exciting global team to Architect & Develop the next generation of Datacenter PCIe/NVMe SSD (solid state storage) SOCs. As a key member of the Storage Research and Design Center SoC development team, the candidate will be responsible for developing module designs for the SSD controllers. The candidate will be working very closely with HW and FW architects in developing a design specification, evaluating in-house and third-party IPs, and be responsible for the design, verification, and implementation of different SOC modules. Throughout the SoC development phase, the candidate will work closely with design, FW, and verification teams in developing the controller and resolving any hardware, firmware, and architectural issues. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in ASIC HW & FW specification development in SSD.
• Detailed RTL design, performance analysis and functional verification.
• Responsible for physical implementation to meet timing requirements.
• Work closely with other SOC team members in SoC integration, chip level verification and timing.
• Port designs into FPGA prototyping and emulation platforms.
• Work closely with FW engineers to resolve hardware issues.
• Investigate & participate in the assessment & development of emerging SSD technologies like PCIe and high performance storage protocols.
• Investigate & analyze the landscape of the Silicon storage systems and data access technologies with a good understanding of new features of ever-evolving NVMe and storage standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years  of experience in the following domains.
• Strong experience in high performance SOC H/W architecture.
• Experience in ECC (Error-Correcting Code) design and implementation is preferred. 
• Proven experience in high performance and low power RTL design of complex modules.
• Solid experience in synthesis and timing, ability to work with physical implementation team to close timing.
• Experience working with storage host protocols is a plus.

EDUCATION:

• BSEE or MSEE in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.

Additional Information

REQ# 2084; #LI-CB1

The expected salary for this position is $167,409 - $279,014

AT KIOXIA, WE VALUE THE FOLLOWING:

• Investment in you
  • Offering opportunities for career growth and personal development training
• Open-minded management
  • Empowering employees by listening and responding to ideas, issues, and approaches
• Flexible work-life balance
  • Offering a generous PTO allotment, holiday shutdown, and flexible work options
• Diversity of cultures, perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of all our team members
  • Through our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, our focus is to strengthen our company culture to create more inclusion and belonging for all
• Benefits for our team members
  • Excellent medical and non-medical benefits, 401(k) matching, pet insurance

KIOXIA America, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.