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FW Integration Engineer

Sandisk

Bengaluru, KA, IndiaOfficeEngineering

About the role

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.

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.

Strong debugging skills to isolate integration-related failures.

Ability to work across teams and drive issues to closure.

Experience in firmware, embedded systems, or system software environments.

Familiarity with release management in multi-branch, multi-product codebases.

Experience enforcing or defining branching and release policies.

Exposure to validation, regression, or bring-up environments.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.