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PCIe SSD (Solid State Drive) Validation Engineer
Posted: 06/23/2026
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Number: 31982
Job Location: Onsite
Industry: SOFT - Software Companies
Job Description
Job Title: PCIe SSD (Solid State Drive) Validation Engineer
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract PCIe SSD (Solid State Drive) Validation Engineer with our client located in Santa Clara, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Qualifications:
Job Details:
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract PCIe SSD (Solid State Drive) Validation Engineer with our client located in Santa Clara, CA.
Job Responsibilities:
- Execute PCIe validation:
- Execute Gen4/Gen5/Gen6 link and protocol tests across different platforms and system configurations.
- Validate SSD behavior under abnormal and corner conditions & provide periodic PCIe validation readouts for critical program milestones.
- Collaborate:
- Triage failures from regression, bring up, and customer scenarios; correlate PCIe traces, NVMe/OCP logs, and system logs.
- Partner with FW, HW, and systems teams to root cause and verify fixes, and roll improvements back into the test suite.
- PCIe tools:
- Leverage PCIe analyzers/exercisers for trace capture, error injection.
- Use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, BERTs, and related tools (as needed) to support signal and protocol level debug.
- Test Roadmap & Leadership:
- Lead coverage improvements based on lessons learned, standardize PCIe test APIs, logs, and reporting for reuse across products & share PCIe debug and test BKMs.
Job Qualifications:
- 6+ years’ experience in SSD, storage, or PCIe centric validation / bring up (or equivalent embedded / high speed I/O domain).
- Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- Comfortable with Python (or similar) for test and tooling development; able to work effectively in Linux based validation environments.
- Experience with CI / regression infrastructure (e.g., Jenkins, Git based workflows) for large scale test execution.
- Hands on experience using PCIe analyzers/exercisers (e.g., Teledyne/LeCroy, Keysight, or similar) for trace capture and debug is a plus
- Strong debug skills across HW/FW/system boundaries is a plus
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to present findings, trade offs, and recommendations to engineering and program teams.
- Highly self motivated, detail oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast paced development environment.
Job Details:
- Job Type: Contract
- Pay Range: $70 - $75/hour.
- Location: Santa Clara, CA (Onsite).
Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.
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