The posting
The Director, SSD Product Development Lead, leads end-to-end SSD product development, driving cross-functional execution to deliver products that meet roadmap, quality, schedule, and customer requirements. As a technical authority, this role resolves complex development challenges, manages program risks, and enables successful product commercialization while advancing operational excellence and AI-enabled productivity.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead SSD product development programs from concept through qualification, launch, and lifecycle support.
- Define and drive program execution strategies, schedules, milestones, and technical deliverables across cross-functional teams.
- Coordinate hardware, firmware, ASIC, systems, validation, quality, manufacturing, and business stakeholders to achieve program objectives.
- Resolve complex technical, schedule, quality, and integration challenges impacting SSD product delivery.
- Drive alignment of product requirements with customer expectations, business priorities, and roadmap commitments.
- Assess program risks, identify support deficiencies, and establish corrective actions to ensure successful execution.
- Develop organizational capability through effective talent selection, development, coaching, and performance support.
Other Responsibilities
- Mentor technical leaders and foster collaboration across global development teams, suppliers, and customers.
- Provide regular program status, risk, and readiness updates to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Promote structured problem-solving methodologies, continuous improvement practices, and knowledge sharing.
- Support operational efficiency initiatives utilizing contemporary engineering and project management tools.
AI Responsibilities
- Integrates AI-assisted tools and insights into daily work to improve efficiency, quality, or effectiveness, exercising sound judgment and complying with organizational standards and legal requirements.
- Contributes to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying, testing, and sharing AI-enabled enhancements within one’s scope of work.
- Fosters adoption of AI-enabled tools such as Copilot and similar productivity platforms to improve engineering collaboration and execution efficiency.
Qualifications
- B.Sc. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
- Over 10 years of relevant professional experience in SSD, storage, semiconductor, or related product development environments.
Technical Skills
- Expert knowledge of SSD product architecture, development, qualification, and lifecycle management.
- Strong understanding of NAND flash technologies, SSD ASICs, firmware development, and PCIe/NVMe interfaces and protocols.
- Hands-on hardware design, debugging, and laboratory validation experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
- Proficiency with engineering collaboration and program management platforms such as JIRA and Confluence.
Soft Skills
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management.
- Leadership of large cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
- Structured decision-making and problem-solving under time-critical conditions.
- Strong customer focus and ability to translate customer expectations into product requirements.
- Disciplined execution while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Embody Micron’s Core Values
- People – Respect, develop, and empower others
- Innovation – Drive continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking
- Tenacity – Show grit and determination
- Collaboration – Build trust and foster teamwork
- Customer Focus – Deliver excellence and value
- Speed – Act with purpose and set the pace



