Senior Staff ASIC Platform Engineer

The ASIC Design Enablement and Automation Engineering organization is seeking a self-driven, hands-on engineer to lead enablement, automation, and infrastructure development for large-scale pre-silicon emulation and FPGA prototyping platforms used in product development. This role supports the Emerging Technology Solutions group by enabling pre-silicon development through reliable farm infrastructure, automation, and cross-functional platform leadership for emerging technologies solutions group.  The ideal candidate brings broad system-level knowledge, with depth in one or more areas such as emulation, FPGA prototyping, automation, firmware enablement, or platform debug. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Support Product Firmware, Firmware Validation, Security FW, and ASIC validation/verification throughout development cycle Develop scripts, tools, and automation to improve platform deployment, debug, monitoring and user workflows Debug complex platform issues across hardware, firmware, software, infrastructure and user environments Understand user workflows and platform use cases and then scale solutions across farm-based deployments Document, explain & share creative solutions to difficult technical problems Required: BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering field 8+ years of experience in pre-silicon development, emulation, FPGA prototyping, ASIC validation, firmware development, or related platform engineering Desired Skills: Expertise with pre-silicon ASIC or FW development Expertise with Cadence, Siemens and/or Synopsys emulation platforms or FPGA-based prototyping environments Ability to debug complex system-level issues across hardware, software, and platform infrastructure Familiarity with host interfaces such as PCIe, UFS, USB, and SD Familiarity with peripheral interfaces such as UART, JTAG, I2C, HSSTP, and related protocols. Experience working in Linux and Windows environments Expertise in Tcl Experience supporting pre-silicon development in cross-functional teams and optimizing hardware usage at scale Understanding of firmware development process and how that intersects with ASIC development and FPGA design Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. 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