SerDes Development Engineer

Join Broadcom's team of skilled engineers to design, model, verify, and develop firmware and software for high-speed SerDes (>200Gbps) with analog and digital components. Responsibilities include application and support for SerDes software, communication with various teams, customer demos, silicon bringup assistance, and debugging complex customer issues. The role requires strong software development, debugging skills, and customer experience.

Must Have

• Develop, implement, and test embedded software and hardware products
• Design, model, verify, and develop firmware/software for high-speed SerDes
• Provide application and support for SerDes software development
• Debug post-silicon and complex customer issues with SerDes
• Develop and support API software for SerDes IP cores
• Strong customer experience
• Strong software development and debugging skills

Good to Have

• Strong communication skills
• Customer experience with SerDes based products
• Knowledge of PCIe and IEEE standards in SerDes
• C/C++ programming for embedded applications (5+ years)
• Experience in building and maintaining GCC build platform including cross compilers and static analysis tools
• Knowledge in Ethernet SerDes and PCIe architecture and operation
• Expert with LINUX and LINUX Tools (SED, AWK, BASH, EXPECT, FLEX)
• Python programming
• Web based or Python GUI design and development
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Familiar with Source code control and bug tracking systems

Perks & Benefits

• Medical plans
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Vacation time
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence

Broadcom has the most extensive physical layer product portfolio in the industry including Ethernet Copper and Optical PHYs, Backplane and PCIe SerDes. Broadcom's proven PHY technology offers lower power with a smaller footprint, as well as proven interoperability and advanced features, making it easier and less expensive to build an array of networking equipment, including telecommunications chassis, switches, routers, hubs and more.

In this role you will join a team of highly skilled engineers involved in design, modeling, verification, firmware and software development for the physical layer of high speed SerDes at speeds of >200Gbps with both analog and digital components.

The types of software implemented include: control and status, debug functions, and interface/integration with analog functions in both firmware and API levels.

Responsibilities may include:

• Application and support SerDes software development
• Communicate between various teams on firmware, software and design aspects
• Good communication with customers on meetings or emails
• Provide customer demos
• Assist in silicon bringup
• Possible travel to customer sites and conferences (<15%)
• Debug of post-SI and complex customer issues with Serdes
• Develop and support API software for SerDes IP cores across company
• Creating web based content and GUI
• Optimize implementation at various levels including firmware, API and Application.
• Document design and implementation details.
• Develop, test and debug firmware associated with physical layer functionality
• Lab testing and debug of SerDes IP

Typically requires a BS degree and at least 8 years of experience or a MS degree and at least 6 years of experience or a PhD and more than 3 years of experience developing, implementing, and testing embedded software and hardware products. Strong customer experience is essential as are strong software development and debugging skills.

Ideal Candidate would have proficiency in most of the following:

• Strong communication skills and customer experience with SerDes based products
• Knowledge of PCIe and IEEE standards in SerDes
• 5+ years C/C++ programming for embedded applications

(Macros/CPP, data structures, cross compiling, cross debugging, cross platform GUI design)

• Experience in building and maintaining GCC build platform including cross compilers and static analysis tools.
• Knowledge in Ethernet SerDes and PCIe architecture and operation Expert with LINUX and LINUX Tools (SED, AWK, BASH, EXPECT, FLEX)
• Experience in Python programming
• Web based or Python GUI design and development
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Familiar with Source code control and bug tracking systems