Senior Technical Staff Engineer-Applications

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip's nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it's won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.Visit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks awaitJob Description:Responsibilities:Support SAS/SATA/PCIe/NVMe Protocol and RAID controller embedded firmware, OS drivers, and management software, and advise customers on improving their designs based on Microchip's design guidelines.Support, manage, and maintain firmware for processor-based storage integrated circuits and reference designs.Work closely with Tier 1 OEMs and their ODMs to define requirements, manage deliverables, assist with new product design wins, and support initial system bring-up to full production.Understand customer architectures and SW designs to closely work with engineering in providing timely customer technical support of post-production products.Work independently, and in a team environmentRoot cause customer issues in a timely manner independently or by leading a cross-functional team.Develop and review customer level documentation including user guides, release notes, technical product training, and application notes.Understand customer requirements and drive them through the project management process.Travel within China and internationally as needed, to work at customer sites to debug systems involving software and firmware for the market leading Microchip server/storage device product lines.Requirements/Qualifications:Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field> 5 years of experienceStrong system, software, and firmware development and debugging skillsExperience with C and object-oriented languagesRTOS and embedded systems experienceExperience with ASIC and embedded applications debuggingStrong technical leadership, teamwork, communication and presentation skillsExperience with bench top equipment such as protocol analyzers/exercisers, logic analyzers, and other storage or networking related test equipmentAbility to effectively work with cross-functional teams and across multiple geographical locationsFunctional spoken/written English Desired Qualifications:Familiarity with storage networking concepts and protocols (SCSI, SAS and SATA, iSCSI, PCI, PCI-Express, NVMe, Ethernet)Experience with RISC based embedded processors (MIPS, ARM)Hardware and chip development/debug skillsExperience with high-speed debug equipment like oscilloscopes, DCAJ and BERTPast work with Unix & Wintel drivers and experience in FW development with light weight embedded kernels (ThreadX, VxWorks, eCos, etc.)Fundamental understanding of RAIDExperience with mass storage firmware and softwarePerformance measurement and analysis experienceDebugging skills and experience with kernel (Windbg), JTAG, serial port, Greenhills DebuggerExperience working with Marketing and Sales teamsExperience in the Storage IndustryTCP/IP knowledge/experienceLocal Area Networking (LAN) experienceTravel Time:0% - 25%To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.