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HDD Servo Processing Subsystem Architecture Lead

San Jose, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-28

Core

Define and execute the strategic architecture for servo real-time compute platforms enabling next-generation HDDs with multi-stream data and multi-actuator control.

Role type

Senior IC architecture lead (embedded systems/SoC)

Builds

Servo real-time compute platforms, firmware, and SoC microarchitectures for hard disk drives

Domain

Storage technology / Embedded systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Real-time control systems, SoC microarchitecture, FPGA/ASIC design, Digital signal processing, Hardware-software co-design, C/C++ programming, HDL, MATLAB/Simulink modeling, Multi-core computing, System-level integration

Preferred skills

PhD in relevant field, Specialist certification in real-time architecture, Servo control theory expertise, Cross-functional team leadership

Technologies

Renode, Verilator, LLVM, FPGA, ASIC, MATLAB, Simulink

Responsibilities

Define future-state servo real-time compute architecture and ISA; Co-lead SoC microarchitecture decisions; Own servo compute resource management and budgeting; Lead co-design of firmware platform architecture; Drive evolution of servo compute tooling ecosystem; Coordinate across distributed teams; Analyze and optimize servo loop performance via modeling and simulation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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