Product and Partner Engr 4

Location: Sunnyvale CA
Type : Full Time
Req # 4296 BR

Job Summary:
As a Product and Partner Engineer you work cross-functionally to create technical content for Customers, System Engineers and Channel Partners. The engineer will work closely with Product Management and Development Engineering on the company's future strategies related to their specific area of expertise. You may also work closely with third-party vendor organizations as required to achieve corporate goals in regards to product integration and best practices.

Essential Functions:
- Develop technical collateral for best practices guides, design guides, integration guides etc. Time includes lab work, technical writing, and revision work.

- Technical product management. These activities include but are not limited to: participation in cross functional product teams, MRD review and development participation, and roadmap development.

- Advanced Training - development of advanced technical training (train the trainer) for areas of expertise. Training audiences may include NetAppU course developers, CSE or FTL field experts.

- Content Maintenance - updates, revisions, removal of content in the engineer?s area of expertise. Materials subject to maintenance include: Technical Reports, PPTs, Training Content, FAQs, etc.

- Education and self development - continue to develop subject matter expertise through external and internal training, continuing education, etc.

- Project Management for cross functional projects of a 2-6 month timeframe.

- Lab management functions as required to maintain the engineer's lab equipment setup and tear down.

Job Requirements:
• Strong working knowledge of storage architecture and topology (NAS & SAN), IP networking and Fiber Channel connectivity is desired.
• Working knowledge of file systems (UFS, NFS, NTFS) and storage system.
• Strong working knowledge of operating systems (Solaris, AIX, Linux, HP/UX, and Windows) and IP networking.
• Experience working with databases such as Oracle, MS SQL Server is highly desired.
• Extensive hands-on experience with development of scripts for application administration, such as backup and restore is also required. (Shell, Pearl, Java etc.)
• Candidate must have strong technical and project management skills and must be able to work cross-functionally with other development teams and partners.
• Must also possess strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong knowledge in one or more of the engineering applications highly desired: Siemens-PLM Teamcenter, Dassault Enovia, PTC Windchill, Perforce, Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics

Education and Experience:
- A minimum of 5 years of experience is required as a product engineer or a technical marketing engineer in the area of storage technologies, with overall 10 years of experience in the high-tech industry.
- BS Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent