Media Qualification Engineer
On-siteWichita, Kansas, United States
Job Summary
Lead drive qualification projects end to end, including test plan development, execution, and release readiness for new hardware and firmware updates. Design subsystem-level test strategies for HDD, SSD, and NVMe technologies, analyze complex failures through root cause analysis, and drive resolution with engineering partners. Develop test automation and diagnostic tooling to improve efficiency, make risk-based decisions on test scope, and mentor junior engineers on debugging techniques. Represent the team in cross-functional meetings to communicate strategy and risks while influencing adjacent teams on validation requirements. Proactively identify process gaps to improve team workflows and qualification methodologies.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience leading hardware or storage qualification projects, including authoring and executing comprehensive test plans
- Strong expertise in test design, log analysis, and root cause analysis for complex storage hardware issues
- Proven ability to work independently on ambiguous problems, evaluate multiple data sources, and devise effective validation approaches
- Experience developing test automation or diagnostic tooling (e.g., Python scripting) to support qualification and debugging
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to explain technical strategy, risks, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Track record of building productive relationships with cross-functional engineering teams and external vendor partners
- Experience coordinating and leading multiple concurrent projects and influencing priorities to meet schedule and quality goals
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant engineering or QA testing experience
Desired Qualifications
- drive or related hardware/software testing preferred
- Subject-matter expertise in one or more drive technologies (HDD, SSD, NVMe) and enterprise drive qualification processes
- Working knowledge of Linux environments and storage system architectures
- Understanding of storage protocols, RAID, encryption, and platform-level storage integration
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, or similar tools for project tracking and documentation
- Comfortable leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity, research, troubleshooting, or process improvement; innovative use of AI is a plus
- Experience using storage protocol analyzers (e.g., NVMe or SAS analyzer units) for debugging, validation, or performance analysis
- Familiarity with firmware validation, regression testing, and sustaining qualification programs
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