Sr. Staff Platform Engineer

Gigamon•Santa Clara, CA

69d•$164,000 - $205,000

About The Position

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations. As a Senior Staff Platform Engineer specializing in embedded systems and networking hardware, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and delivering next-generation solutions for Gigamon's hardware platforms. You will join a high-impact engineering team responsible for the full lifecycle of embedded product development, from initial hardware bring-up to robust software integration. Your expertise will directly influence the reliability, security, and performance of our products, while your leadership will help shape technical direction and mentor the next generation of engineers.

Requirements

Earned a Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent).
Accumulated 10+ years of professional experience in software design and development for hardware networking products.
Demonstrated expertise in embedded systems, board bring-up, and debugging with lab equipment (logic analyzers, trace32, BIOS/CPLD tools).
Developed and ported bootloaders and system firmware for Intel x86, ARM, and MIPS architectures.
Built and maintained embedded Linux distributions using Yocto and Buildroot; packaged and deployed custom solutions.
Mastered Linux kernel internals, including device driver development, memory management, and process scheduling.
Designed and debugged drivers for a wide range of devices and high-speed interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet/PCIe PHYs).
Worked directly with networking switch silicon from major vendors (Broadcom, Marvell), including Trident 4, Tomahawk, and CN9XXX series.
Led BMC architecture and firmware development, with deep knowledge of OpenBMC, IPMI, and Redfish standards.
Implemented embedded security features, including Hardware Root of Trust (HROT).

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and bring-up of complex embedded systems, including hardware-software interface definition, board bring-up planning, and system-level debugging.
Architect, develop, and optimize low-level software in C for performance-sensitive, resource-constrained environments.
Design, implement, and debug bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot) and system firmware (e.g., BIOS) for multiple architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS), ensuring secure and reliable boot processes.
Drive Linux kernel integration, including development of device drivers and subsystems, and maintain custom drivers for peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe).
Enhance and debug the Linux networking stack, contribute to open-source initiatives (such as ONIE and OpenBMC), and lead the design and implementation of BMC firmware.
Architect and maintain embedded Linux build systems (e.g., Yocto, Buildroot) and adapt enterprise distributions (e.g., Rocky Linux) for custom hardware platforms.
Collaborate with security teams to implement platform security features and manage Hardware Root of Trust (HROT).
Guide development and debugging efforts involving networking silicon (Broadcom, Marvell), high-speed SerDes, optical modules, and Layer 1 components.
Conduct rigorous code reviews, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in agile development environments.

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