Senior Software Development Engineer
Broadcom · USA-TX-Austin - River Place B6, United States
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If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply. Job Description: 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. Job Requirements: Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electronics is required, Master’s degree a plus. 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
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