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Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, Solidigm combines elements of an established, successful technology company with the spirit, agility, and entrepreneurial mindset of a start-up. In addition to the U.S. headquarters and other facilities in the U.S., the company has international presence in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Solidigm will continue to lead the world in innovating new Memory technologies with aspirations to be the #1 NAND memory company in the world. At Solidigm, we view problems as opportunities to define innovative solutions that hold the power to change the world and unleash the potential technological needs that the future holds. At Solidigm, we are One Team that fosters a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that embraces individual uniqueness and empowers us to bring our best selves to deliver excellence in support of Solidigm's vision and mission to be the go-to partner for optimized data storage solutions. You can be part of the takeoff of an innovative business that develops cutting-edge products, delivers strong business value for customers, provides an engaging workplace for its employees, and serves a greater impact on the world. This is a golden opportunity for the right applicant to join us and help design, build, and lead Solidigm. We want a diverse team of dedicated professionals who will not just be Solidigm team members but contribute to how we shape the future of the organization. We are seeking applicants who will grow and thrive in our culture; be customer inspired, trusting, innovative, team-oriented, inclusive, results driven, collaborative, passionate, and flexible.\n About the Role\nJoin a fast-paced team at Solidigm building and maintaining the engineering infrastructure that powers next-generation SSD firmware development. 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The team operates within an Agile culture, so strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential.\nRegular Responsibilities\nFirmware Build & Release Engineering\nDesign, implement, and maintain scalable firmware build systems for SSD products spanning multiple architectures\nOwn the end-to-end firmware release pipeline - from code freeze through binary signing, packaging, versioning, and delivery to internal stakeholders and customers\nDefine and enforce release branching strategies and gating criteria to ensure release quality and traceability\nPartner with firmware engineers and project stakeholders to translate product milestones into structured build and release plans with well-defined go/no-go criteria\nRepository & Source Control Management\nAdminister and optimize Git-based repositories across one or more hosting platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or equivalent)\nManage complex branching topologies including feature branches, release trains, and long-lived maintenance branches across multiple product generations\nLead and execute complex Git merges and rebases - resolving deep conflicts involving low-level C/C++ firmware code, generated files, and toolchain configurations\nEstablish and maintain repository governance policies: branch protection rules, merge request templates, code ownership (CODEOWNERS), commit conventions, and access controls\nDocker-Based Build Environment\nMaintain and continuously improve Docker-based build environments that provide reproducible, hermetic firmware compilation across all supported toolchains, compilers, and target architectures\nAuthor and version Dockerfiles and Compose configurations; publish images to an internal container registry with a documented tagging and lifecycle policy\nProactively upgrade and validate toolchain components (compilers, linkers, debuggers, emulators) within containerized environments, ensuring backward compatibility with in-flight development branches\nCollaborate with IT and platform teams to integrate containerized builds into CI/CD infrastructure\nTooling & Process Improvement\nIdentify bottlenecks and gaps in the existing developer toolchain and development lifecycle; propose and implement improvements that measurably reduce cycle time and toil\nDevelop and maintain internal scripts, utilities, and automation (Python, Bash, CMake, Make) that support firmware engineers' day-to-day workflows\nOwn internal developer documentation for build systems, repository workflows, and release procedures - keeping it accurate, discoverable, and up to date\nChampion a culture of continuous improvement, driving retrospectives and blameless post-mortems on build and release incidents\nA Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate\nDeep hands-on expertise with Git internals - merge strategies, conflict resolution, history rewriting, and repository performance optimization\nStrong Docker and container ecosystem skills, including image authoring, layer optimization, multi-stage builds, and registry management\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills - able to produce clear documentation and release notes for both engineering and non-technical audiences\nA self-starting, ownership-oriented mindset with a history of driving improvements without waiting for direction\nThe ability to collaborate across firmware, hardware, ASIC, and IT teams to deliver solutions that scale\n Minimum Requirements\nBachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field\n 7+ years of combined experience in the following areas:Software or firmware development in an embedded systems environment (C/C++)\nBuild system engineering using tools such as CMake, Make, Ninja, or Bazel\nGit-based source control administration including complex merge/rebase workflows\nContainerization with Docker, including Dockerfile authoring and image lifecycle management\n\nPreferred Requirements\nExperience supporting firmware or embedded software development in the storage industry (SSDs, enterprise storage, or similar)\nFamiliarity with storage interface protocols (NVMe, PCIe, SATA, SAS) at the level needed to understand firmware build targets and test configurations\nExperience integrating hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or simulation-based testing into automated pipelines\nKnowledge of firmware security practices - binary signing, secure boot, trusted execution - and how they intersect with release processes\nHands-on experience with artifact management platforms (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent)\nDevSecOps practices: SAST/DAST tooling, dependency scanning, SBOM generation\nFamiliarity with Agile tooling (Jira, Confluence) and integrating workflow automation with project tracking systems\nScripting proficiency in Python and Bash for build automation and developer tooling\n This is a Hybrid role reporting out of Rancho Cordova, CA.\nThe compensation range for this role is $128,960- $201,500. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.\nThis position is also eligible to participate in Solidigm's restricted stock unit (RSU), restricted cash unit (RCU), and cash bonus programs. 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