Established in 1997, Softeq was built from the ground up to specialize in new product development and R&D, tackling the most difficult problems in the tech sphere. Now we've expanded to offer early-stage innovation and ideation plus digital transformation business consulting. Our superpower is to deliver all of this under one roof on a global scale. So let's get started and build a better future together!
Softeq is looking for a Senior Flash SSD Firmware Engineer with hands-on experience developing low-level firmware for NAND flash controllers, SSDs, UFS/eMMC devices, and storage subsystems. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in Flash Translation Layer (FTL), NAND drivers, ECC, and performance optimization.
This position requires close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-performance, reliable, and power-efficient storage firmware for next-generation flash devices.
Feel free to apply!
Location:
- Poland: Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Wroclaw
- Lithuania: Vilnius
Essential Skills
General
- Bare-metal and RTOS firmware development experience in industrial or embedded electronics;
- Strong C and C++ programming skills; Python experience for tooling and automation;
- Experience developing test scripts for SSD devices and understanding SSD testing methodologies.
Flash Storage & FTL Expertise
- Flash Translation Layer (FTL): page/block mapping, hybrid FTL architectures;
- Bad block management, metadata handling, and journaling;
- Power-loss protection mechanisms and metadata recovery processes;
- ECC engines (BCH, LDPC) and redundancy/error-correction schemes;
- NAND timing analysis, ONFI/Toggle NAND protocols, and low-level NAND interfaces;
- Test framework implementation for PC simulated firmware.
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Skills Required
- Hands-on experience developing low-level firmware for NAND flash controllers, SSDs, UFS/eMMC devices, or storage subsystems
- Bare-metal and RTOS firmware development experience in industrial or embedded electronics
- Strong C and C++ programming skills
- Python experience for tooling and automation
- Experience developing SSD device test scripts and understanding SSD testing methodologies
- Experience with Flash Translation Layer page/block mapping and hybrid FTL architectures
- Experience with bad-block management, metadata handling, and journaling
- Experience with power-loss protection and metadata recovery mechanisms
- Experience with ECC engines, including BCH and LDPC, and error-correction schemes
- Experience with NAND timing analysis, ONFI/Toggle NAND protocols, and low-level NAND interfaces
- Experience implementing test frameworks for PC-simulated firmware
What We Do
Softeq is a custom hardware & software development company. We provide full-stack development services under a single roof: embedded software, mobile, web, and desktop apps; devices, IoT and Cloud solutions. Headquartered in Houston, TX, we work with regional startups and global corporations.
