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[/company/netapp](/company/netapp)[NetApp](/company/netapp)
# Drive Qualification Engineer at NetApp

Compensation

$129,200 – $192,500/yr

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Jul 20, 2026

## Description

NetApp is hiring a Drive Qualification Engineer to lead end-to-end qualification efforts for new drive introductions and firmware sustainment programs across HDD, SSD, and NVMe storage platforms. The role focuses on test plan development, subsystem-level validation strategy, root cause analysis of complex failures, automation and tooling, and cross-functional coordination with engineering teams and external drive vendors to ensure storage products meet quality, reliability, and performance standards.

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