Validation Architect (SSD)

Location: Rancho Cordova, California, United States; typically hybrid, with proximity to a hirify.global office preferred and occasional lab access required.

Salary: USD 139,520–223,300 per year, plus eligibility for RSU, RCU, and cash bonus programs.

Company

hirify.global is a global memory technology and data storage company developing NAND-based products for enterprise and data center customers.

What you will do

• Define end-to-end validation strategy, methodologies, and architecture across silicon, firmware, and system-level validation.
• Architect scalable validation frameworks, tools, and automation to improve test coverage, efficiency, and repeatability.
• Lead validation planning for new SSD products and align testing with requirements, risks, and quality targets.
• Coordinate validation activities with hardware, firmware, system engineering, quality, and customer engineering teams.
• Establish validation metrics, KPIs, and reporting to support product quality and launch readiness decisions.
• Analyze failures, guide system-level debugging, recommend corrective actions, and influence engineering roadmaps through risk assessments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in validation, verification, or system engineering in semiconductor, storage, or related industries.
• Strong understanding of SSD architecture, NAND technologies, and storage systems.
• Experience with validation tools, scripting, and automation frameworks such as Python, C, or C++.
• Expertise in complex system-level debugging, root cause analysis, and validation strategy development.
• English proficiency required.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise SSD or data center storage validation.
• Familiarity with PCIe, NVMe, and other industry standards.
• Experience with statistical analysis, reliability testing, or failure analysis.
• Background leading or mentoring validation or engineering teams.
• Experience scaling validation automation frameworks or infrastructure.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with access to engineering collaboration and laboratory facilities.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Company match on eligible 401(k) contributions.
• Fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment with occasional cross-site travel.