System Performance Engineer

About This Role

• System Performance Engineer - Ethernet Hardware & Software Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated System Performance Engineer to drive end-to-end performance characterization, and optimization of Ethernet processing solutions across hardware, firmware, software, and system-level architectures.
• The role requires expertise in Ethernet networking, packet processing, performance benchmarking, and root-cause analysis to ensure industry-leading throughput, latency, and scalability.
• The engineer will work closely with architects, hardware designers, firmware developers, driver teams, and performance architects to identify performance bottlenecks, develop optimization strategies, and deliver high-performance Ethernet solutions for data center, and edge networking applications.
• Key Qualification & Responsibilities Bachelors or masters in computer science or electronics with at least 2+ years of industry or research experience.
• Performance Analysis & Optimization · Define and execute performance validation strategies for Ethernet hardware and software subsystems. · Characterize system performance including: o Throughput o Packet processing rate (PPS) o Latency and jitter o Buffer utilization o CPU and memory efficiency · Analyze packet processing pipelines and identify performance bottlenecks in hardware, drivers, and software stacks. · Develop methodologies to optimize Ethernet datapath performance across varying traffic patterns and workloads.
• Hardware Performance Engineering · Evaluate performance of Ethernet MAC, PHY, switch, NIC, and packet processing hardware. · Analyze bus utilization, DMA performance, memory bandwidth, cache efficiency, and hardware acceleration engines.
• Performance characterization of pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms.
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