Sandisk
Technology
FWIntegrationEngineer
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“FW Integration Engineer at Sandisk. Skills: FW Integration, Branch Management, Code Sanity, Build Validation. Own integration of features. Manage branching and merging strategies”
What You'll Achieve.
Maintain a green, releasable product branch
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Experience with Git-based workflows, Solid understanding of software/firmware development lifecycles, Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems, Debugging skills to isolate integration-related failures, Ability to work across teams, Drive issues to closure, Experience in firmware, embedded systems, or system software environments, Familiarity with release management, Experience enforcing or defining branching and release policies, Written and verbal communication skills
Nice to Have
Exposure to validation, regression, or bring-up environments
What You'll Do.
Own integration of features
Manage branching and merging strategies
Perform regular syncs
Resolve conflicts cleanly and predictably
and compliant changes land
Act as custodian of code repository
Maintain repository structure
Enforce coding standards
and change discipline
Identify and prevent integration issues
Refactor or flag risky areas
Ensure integrated code builds cleanly
Run or gate merges on tests
Triage integration failures
Drive resolution with feature owners
releasable product branch
Support release tagging
Assist in root-causing late-stage issues
Ensure traceability of features and fixes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Feature development teams; Validation and QA teams; Release and program management
Communication Scope
Written communication; Verbal communication
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities Code Integration & Branch Management * Own the integration of features from development branches into product/release branches. * Manage and enforce branching and merging strategies (e.g., dev → integration → product). * Perform regular syncs, rebases, and merges while resolving conflicts cleanly and predictably. * Ensure only reviewed, tested, and compliant changes land in product branches. Repository Ownership & Code Sanity * Act as the custodian of the code repository , maintaining overall structure, hygiene, and consistency. * Enforce coding standards, commit quality, and change discipline. * Identify and prevent integration issues such as: * Broken builds * Partial or incompatible feature merges * Regressions caused by cross-team changes * Proactively refactor or flag risky areas that degrade maintainability or stability. Build, Validation & Stability * Ensure integrated code builds cleanly across supported configurations. * Run and/or gate merges on: * Smoke tests * Sanity tests * Regression test results (as applicable) * Quickly triage integration failures and drive resolution with feature owners. * Maintain a green, releasable product branch at all times. Cross-Team Coordination * Work closely with: * Feature development teams * Validation and QA teams * Release and program management * Communicate integration risks, conflicts, and readiness clearly and early. * Act as the single point of accountability for integration status. Release Support * Support release tagging, branching, and handoff. * Assist in root-causing late-stage issues related to integration or merge errors. * Ensure traceability of features and fixes included in each product release. ## Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science * Strong experience with Git-based workflows (merge, rebase, cherry-pick, conflict resolution). * Solid understanding of software/firmware development lifecycles. * Hands-on experience with CI/build systems and integration gating. * S
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