Associate Fellow - Solutions Architect (Hyperscale Solutions)

Company Description

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

Job Description

This is primarily a software and systems position with a need for a solid understanding of silicon and board hardware development process.

This person will work directly with hyperscale and OEM customers to:

• Understand evolving customer storage and systems solution needs at the system and whole-data-center level to help drive MCHP chip and solutions architectures in the right direction for future products.
• Participate in and present at industry conferences, committees and standards bodies as needed to help Microchip influence and understand broad industry directions.
• Define new solutions products and features, especially SW/FW features, that increase the competitiveness of current ASIC and board offerings.
• Be the technical lead for firmware, software, and hardware teams in developing architecture and design materials that the team can use to implement customer solutions.
• Represent the Data Center Solutions business unit’s engineering team internally with influence across business units and upwards to C-level executives.

Job Requirements

• 10 years of hyperscale data center engineering team experience: the ideal candidate will have a proven track record of architecting and implementing storage and/or other system solutions in hyperscale data centers, preferably at a Big 5 company or one with similar scale-out needs
• 15 years of experience in the storage and computer systems industry
• BSBSEE/MSEE with heavy SW background, or BSCS/MSCS with HW experience; master’s degree preferred but not required
• Storage background in server OEM or enterprise storage: the ideal candidate will also have some background working with server and enterprise OEMs in the area of storage systems
• Proven industry technical leadership: published papers, presentations at technical conferences, and participation in industry standards activities are all highly desirable
• Startup experience is also desirable, either at an actual start-up or starting up a new enterprise within a larger company.

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