Principal Technology Role

Broadcom • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

We are seeking a Principal Technology Leader to drive the architecture, strategy, and ecosystem engagement for next-generation AI networking and infrastructure solutions. This role operates horizontally across business units, shaping cohesive end-to-end (E2E) system architectures spanning GPU/XPU compute, networking fabrics, memory systems, and software stacks. The candidate will engage deeply with hyperscalers, AI platform providers, and silicon partners, influencing both product direction and industry standards, while translating workload requirements into scalable, high-performance infrastructure designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering field and 15+ years of experience in Networking architecture (Ethernet switching, NICs, transport protocols) and Large-scale distributed systems or HPC/AI infrastructure.
• Deep expertise in AI/ML workloads (training & inference), Scale-up and scale-out network architectures, Congestion control, transport protocols, and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of GPU/XPU architectures and communication patterns, and Memory systems (HBM, CXL, KV cache architectures).
• Proven experience working with hyperscalers or large cloud providers.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy and architecture at scale.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Ultra Ethernet / RDMA / RoCE / custom AI transports.
• Experience with High-radix switching architectures and topology design.
• Experience with Optical interconnects (pluggables, LPO, CPO).
• Active participation in industry standards bodies (OCP, UEC, IEEE).
• Track record of publications, patents, or conference presentations.
• Track record of driving cross-organizational initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Cross-BU Technical Leadership: Work across switching, NIC, optics, and software BUs to align on a unified AI networking strategy, influence roadmaps and feature prioritization, ensure architectural consistency across product lines, act as a technical bridge between silicon, systems, and software teams, and identify gaps and drive new product/feature incubation.
• Customer & Partner Engagement: Serve as a trusted technical advisor to key customers (Hyperscalers, AI infrastructure providers, GPU/XPU vendors) and engage in deep co-design discussions on cluster architectures, networking topologies, congestion control, and transport behavior. Translate customer requirements into actionable architectural and product inputs and support executive-level technical discussions and strategic engagements.
• AI Networking Strategy & Industry Leadership: Define and drive long-term AI networking strategy, including Ethernet evolution for AI, scale-up networking over Ethernet, and integration with emerging standards. Represent the company in industry consortia and technical conferences. Develop thought leadership through whitepapers, keynote content, and technical blogs.
• Ecosystem Development: Build strong partnerships across GPU/XPU vendors, System OEMs/ODMs, and software stack providers. Influence open ecosystem development while ensuring competitive differentiation and drive interoperability and standardization efforts.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Competitive new hire equity grant
• Annual equity awards
• 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
• Vacation time
• Company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

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