Senior / Staff / Principal Engineer – Network Switch Platform Development (Broadcom)

Extreme Networks; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Networks in Bengaluru seeks engineers with BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech in Electronics & Communications or Computer Science. The role targets 4–20 years of experience in networking hardware/software, including Linux networking, device drivers, and microservices with Docker.

Proficiency in C/C++, shell scripting, Python, and Git/Jenkins is expected. Candidates will work on platform infrastructure for switches/routers, FPGA/CPLD interfaces, and IPMI/BMC features, contributing to high-speed

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech in Electronics & Communications or Computer Science.
• 4–20 years of work experience in networking hardware/software.
• Strong understanding of switch/router hardware and software architectures.
• Experience in platform infrastructure and embedded device driver development.
• Familiarity with Broadcom MACs/PHYs, Barefoot SDKs, and BMC/IPMI.
• Knowledge of Ethernet ports/optics up to 400G/800G and FEC.
• Experience with Linux networking components, ONL/ONLP, IPMI.
• Linux device drivers (FPGA/CPLD, I2C, SPI, MMC/SD, PCI, USB, SATA) and DMA/interrupts.
• Linux build infra and embedded boot environments (u-boot, ONIE, UEFI/BIOS).
• GDB/kernel/driver/application debugging; VM/Docker in microservices.
• C/C++ programming and scripting (shell/python).
• Git and Jenkins for source control.

Skills

Networking

Linux networking

Shell scripting

Python

C/C++ programming

Debugging

VMs and Docker

Education

BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech in ECE or CS

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Job description

• BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech preferably in the field of Electronics & communications or Computer Science.
• Work experience of 4 to 20 years in the following areas:
• Good understanding of switch/router H/W and S/W arch and knowledge of networking domain.
• Experience in platform infrastructure & embedded software device driver development in switches/ routers.
• Familiar with - Broadcom MACs and PHYs and Barefoot components and their SDKs
• Familiar with Baseboard management Controller(BMC), IPMI.
• Familiar with Ethernet ports and optics with speeds up to 400G/800G, breakout capabilities, auto-negotiation, FEC.
• Experience in working with Linux networking components; using ONL/ONLP, IPMI, etc is essential.
• Worked on Linux device driver for various devices and interfaces - FPGA/CPLD, I2C, SPI, MMC/SD, PCI, USB, SATA and be familiar with DMA and interrupts in Linux
• Linux build infra and tools including exposure to Linux embedded boot environment - uboot, ONIE, UEFI/BIOS would be helpful.
• Debugging skills - using GDB, Kernel and drivers level debugging and application level debugging.
• Experience in VMs and Dockers with microservices architecture would help.
• Programming in C, C++ and scripting language (shell script and python).
• Source version control tool and environment - GIT and Jenkins.