Firmware Engineer

Broadcom

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About The Position

Join Broadcom's Physical Layer Products (PLP) group, a world-class team responsible for designing and supporting some of the coolest products in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The engineer in this position will join a team of highly competent firmware developers involved in the design, implementation and verification of firmware and software for embedded systems. The successful candidate will architect, design, implement and support low level firmware modules, middle ware, sample applications as well as diagnostics embedded software. To succeed in this role, you must be a knowledgeable embedded engineer with excellent teamwork and problem solving skills. You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of embedded software engineers and be a part of the firmware development cycle of leading-edge optical phy chip sets. In this position you would be responsible for ongoing development of features for our range of embedded products. Responsibilities include; design / implementation / testing and maintenance for existing and new products. If you have a passion for advancing technology and an insatiable desire to win, we encourage you to apply for these exciting opportunities.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelors and 8+ years of related experience; at this level postgraduate coursework may be desirable or Masters degree and 6+ years of related experience or PhD and 3+ years of related experience
• Strong software development and documentation skills
• Proven ability in developing using C and ARM Assembly on embedded targets
• Good understanding of programming for real time systems
• Understanding of multi threading and concurrent programming
• Experience with multiprocessor programming and inter-processor communication
• Driver experience (MDIO, I2C, SPI, etc.)
• Strong debugging skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ARM processor
• Software development on Windows using Visual C/C++ environment.
• Software development on Linux systems in a Linux environment.
• Understanding of restrictions of proprietary software interfacing to GPL, LGPL, and ASL licensed components.

Responsibilities

• Software design, development of new products and maintenance of the legacy products.
• Work often involves cross functional system, analog and digital hardware designer teams.
• Troubleshoots code for firmware (embedded C code) applications.
• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and code hygiene practices
• Act as an ambassador for Broadcom, recruiting and motivating top talent

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time.
• The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees