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Senior Manager, Firmware Engineering
Location
California
Posted
172 days ago
Salary
$144.3K - $204.3K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Manager, Firmware Engineering
Western Digital
• Lead a team of firmware engineers responsible for the development and design process of security technology • Take full responsibility for the entire process, encompassing planning, design, development, validation, and communication with senior management • Collaborate closely with security architects to define, implement, and integrate security features and protocols, ensuring optimal partitioning between hardware and software • Establish efficient workflows that facilitate rapid feature development while maintaining high quality and stability. This involves managing release cycles, implementing continuous integration, and conducting regression testing • Provide assistance for pre-silicon validation activities, such as simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping • Support post-silicon validation, performance characterization, system integration, and debugging efforts • Assist in establishing test and calibration capabilities for storage controllers in ATE, module, and product factories • Contribute to the Security Development Lifecycle of the firmware by supporting its development at various stages, including design, threat analysis, implementation, validation, vulnerability testing, certification, and audit.
Job Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of experience in engineering management, including previous leadership roles overseeing firmware teams that have a proven track record in high-volume production
- Comprehensive understanding of embedded software fundamentals, encompassing design and development processes, real-time constraints, concurrency, multi-processor systems, caching, and virtual memory
- Proficiency in HW/SW architecture and design partitioning, along with expertise in requirements analysis, memory, and performance estimation
- Hands-on experience with build infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD testing frameworks
- Proven expertise in configuration and release management, continuous integration, and regression testing
- Thorough knowledge of design strategies focused on maintainability, scalability, and code reuse
- Successful leadership of large and complex projects, including feature planning, prioritization, status tracking, and issue triage and reporting
- Exceptional organizational skills, demonstrated through experience in leading teams
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Paid vacation time
- Paid sick leave
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- Life, accident and disability insurance
- Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit
- Employee stock purchase plan
- 401(k) Plan
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