Join Broadcom's Physical Layer Products (PLP) group, a world-class team responsible for designing and supporting some of the coolest products in millions of homes and businesses around the world. The engineer in this position will join a team of highly competent firmware developers involved in the design, implementation and verification of firmware and software for embedded systems. The successful candidate will architect, design, implement and support low-level firmware modules, middleware, sample applications as well as diagnostics embedded software. To succeed in this role, you must be a knowledgeable embedded engineer with excellent teamwork and problem-solving skills.

You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of embedded software engineers and be part of the firmware development cycle of leading-edge optical PHY chip sets. In this position you would be responsible for ongoing development of features for our range of embedded products. Responsibilities include: design, implementation, testing, and maintenance for existing and new products. If you have a passion for advancing technology and an insatiable desire to win, we encourage you to apply for these exciting opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Software design, development of new products and maintenance of legacy products.

• Work often involves cross-functional system, analog and digital hardware designer teams.

• Troubleshoot code for firmware (embedded C code) applications.

• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and code hygiene practices

• Act as an ambassador for Broadcom, recruiting and motivating top talent

Job Requirements:

Typically requires a Bachelors and 8+ years of related experience; at this level postgraduate coursework may be desirable or Masters degree and 6+ years of related experience or PhD and 3+ years of related experience

Required Skills:

• Strong software development and documentation skills

• Proven ability in developing using C and ARM Assembly on embedded targets

• Good understanding of programming for real time systems

• Understanding of multi threading and concurrent programming

• Experience with multiprocessor programming and inter-processor communication

• Driver experience (MDIO, I2C, SPI, etc.)

• Strong debugging skills

Complementary Skills:

• Experience with ARM processor

• Software development on Windows using the Visual C/C++ environment.

• Software development on Linux systems in a Linux environment.

• Understanding of restrictions of proprietary software interfacing to GPL, LGPL, and ASL licensed components.