Senior Software Development Engineer

Broadcom • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Join the team of highly competent and state of the art optical physical layer products. You will be involved with software design and development for Broadcom PHY chip set drivers. As a member of this team at Broadcom your responsibilities include: Design and develop Ethernet, PCIe, FlexE PHY low level drivers FW development and L1 switch protocol development Code reviews, bug fixes and maintenance of drivers Review of test plans and unit level testing of drivers Convert customer requirements and use cases into API definitions and develop, test APIs Add automation and scripting wherever applicable in the development flow Maintain SDK and Standalone release branches that may contain specific changes for targeted customer(s). Proactively identify new methodologies or tools to address Software SDK/Device Driver development. Understand customer applications in order to identify key technology and product features for next generation products and act as a technical liaison between Chip Development Teams and Application Teams/Customers. The candidate is expected to have a thorough understanding of Ethernet MAC and Physical layer devices/transceivers and be able to answer customer questions regarding the features and provide timely and accurate information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electronics is required
• 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in Embedded/Device Driver/Protocol Software Design, Development and Testing.
• Must have working knowledge on PCIe retimer and switches
• Must have working knowledge of FW development for RX equalization, DFE/FFE adaptation, eye monitoring of Serdes IPs
• Must have experience with pre-silicon/RTL and SW co-simulation environment
• Must have experience with customer system software application debug on complex platforms
• Must have experience with level one switch protocol
• Working knowledge with MacSec encryption, decryption drivers is required
• Must have working Knowledge of IEEE 802.3 Physical layer standards
• Must possess strong coding and debugging experience in C/C++.
• Static code analysis and debug experience is required to achieve high quality code
• Highly motivated self-starter and team player; ability to use own initiative
• Experience with device driver development and diagnostics and understanding of hardware devices, understanding of bus protocols like MDIO, I2C is a must
• Hardware understanding and schematics is a must
• Ability to apply an innovative approach to troubleshoot and solve complex problems
• Experience in Customer interaction/support is required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills is a must
• Able to adopt the use of new techniques and methodologies and promote their use within the project.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree a plus.
• Working knowledge of register level API development of transceivers is a plus
• Experience with physical layer IEEE standards, Autonegotiation, Transmit training, FEC is preferred
• Experience with L1/L2 Ethernet and PCS, MAC layer is a big plus
• Working knowledge with Hardware platforms in the lab is a big plus
• Working experience on Linux/VxWorks or equivalent OS experience is required
• Utilize traffic generation tools such as IXIA or Spirent is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Ethernet, PCIe, FlexE PHY low level drivers FW development and L1 switch protocol development
• Code reviews, bug fixes and maintenance of drivers
• Review of test plans and unit level testing of drivers
• Convert customer requirements and use cases into API definitions and develop, test APIs
• Add automation and scripting wherever applicable in the development flow
• Maintain SDK and Standalone release branches that may contain specific changes for targeted customer(s).
• Proactively identify new methodologies or tools to address Software SDK/Device Driver development.
• Understand customer applications in order to identify key technology and product features for next generation products and act as a technical liaison between Chip Development Teams and Application Teams/Customers.
• Answer customer questions regarding the features and provide timely and accurate information.

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 and vacation time.
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

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