R&D Engineer Software 5

About This Role

• As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing hardware abstraction layer for BRCM switching silicon.
• You will work cross functionally with marketing, architects, software test, and silicon development to design, implement, document and test high quality software.
• This is a unique opportunity to deliver software for a dis-aggregated software solution with high performance and scale.
• This position provides the opportunity to work on the most advanced switching ASICs made by Broadcom.
• Requirements: BS/MS in Computer Science or similar 10+ years of experience in software development of packet forwarding, network OS, embedded software or related fields Must have strong skills in programming languages such as C, C++, Python Must have experience working on any industry leading switching ASICs from Broadcom or other vendors.
• Hands-on experience in using ASIC SDK to program forwarding plane data, including ipv4/ipv6 hosts and prefixes, adjacency, ARP and ND6, VRF, ECMP, etc.
• Strong forwarding plane experience in applications such L2, L3, ACL, QoS, Tunnels, SRv6, Telemetry is required.
• In-depth understanding of linux network drivers is preferred.
• Familiarity in working in an open source software development environment and tools such as Git, Jenkins, Gerrit, etc.
• Ability to design a solution and implement features independently.
• Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills.
• We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
• If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.