Lead customer validation strategy and execution for major hyperscaler/OEM customers. Define test depth, acceptance criteria, and mitigation plans. Oversee qualification planning, readiness reviews, and customer closure decisions. Align customer requirements with internal validation, firmware, hardware, and system teams. Provide technical leadership for complex multi-domain validation, debug, and risk assessment to ensure qualification success and customer confidence.
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Job Summary
Technical authority and lead for customer validation responsible for end-to-end customer validation approach, execution oversight, and multi-functional alignment across major customers, platforms, and product lines. Operates with broad autonomy and drives high-impact decisions that influence customer confidence, qualification success, and business outcomes.
Responsibilities:• Serve as the Customer Validation Lead (CVL) for strategic customers, hyperscalers, or OEMs.• Define and own customer validation strategy, test depth, acceptance criteria, and risk mitigation.• Lead qualification planning, execution readiness reviews, and customer closure decisions.• Drive alignment between customer requirements and internal validation, firmware, and system teams.• Provide technical leadership for complex, multi-domain validation and debug challenges.
Minimum Qualifications:• 8+ years of experience in customer, system, or product validation engineering.• Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing validation programs with significant technical impact.• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering domains.• Deep expertise in enterprise SSD systems, storage behavior, and system-level interactions.• Strong analytical judgment and ability to assess and manage technical risk under ambiguity.
Preferred Qualifications:• Experience influencing validation strategy and driving quality improvements at scale.• Comfort serving as final technical authority for validation scope and outcomes.• Proven ability to coordinate multi-functional teams including firmware, hardware, and systems engineering.• Strong customer-facing interpersonal skills for technical briefings and resolving critical issues.• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits .
Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
For US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron's People Organization at [email protected] or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever.
Job Summary
Technical authority and lead for customer validation responsible for end-to-end customer validation approach, execution oversight, and multi-functional alignment across major customers, platforms, and product lines. Operates with broad autonomy and drives high-impact decisions that influence customer confidence, qualification success, and business outcomes.
Responsibilities:• Serve as the Customer Validation Lead (CVL) for strategic customers, hyperscalers, or OEMs.• Define and own customer validation strategy, test depth, acceptance criteria, and risk mitigation.• Lead qualification planning, execution readiness reviews, and customer closure decisions.• Drive alignment between customer requirements and internal validation, firmware, and system teams.• Provide technical leadership for complex, multi-domain validation and debug challenges.
Minimum Qualifications:• 8+ years of experience in customer, system, or product validation engineering.• Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing validation programs with significant technical impact.• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering domains.• Deep expertise in enterprise SSD systems, storage behavior, and system-level interactions.• Strong analytical judgment and ability to assess and manage technical risk under ambiguity.
Preferred Qualifications:• Experience influencing validation strategy and driving quality improvements at scale.• Comfort serving as final technical authority for validation scope and outcomes.• Proven ability to coordinate multi-functional teams including firmware, hardware, and systems engineering.• Strong customer-facing interpersonal skills for technical briefings and resolving critical issues.• Master's degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits .
Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
To learn about your right to work click here.
To learn more about Micron, please visit micron.com/careers
For US Sites Only: To request assistance with the application process and/or for reasonable accommodations, please contact Micron's People Organization at [email protected] or 1-800-336-8918 (select option #3)
Micron Prohibits the use of child labor and complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other international and industry labor standards.
Micron does not charge candidates any recruitment fees or unlawfully collect any other payment from candidates as consideration for their employment with Micron.
AI alert: Candidates are encouraged to use AI tools to enhance their resume and/or application materials. However, all information provided must be accurate and reflect the candidate's true skills and experiences. Misuse of AI to fabricate or misrepresent qualifications will result in immediate disqualification.
Fraud alert: Micron advises job seekers to be cautious of unsolicited job offers and to verify the authenticity of any communication claiming to be from Micron by checking the official Micron careers website in the About Micron Technology, Inc.
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