Staff Engineer - 10366 | Network Platform Development (Broadcom)

Extreme Networks; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Extreme Networks is seeking an embedded systems expert to lead platform system design and development for next-generation networking products. The role requires deep hardware understanding and experience with Linux networking components, device drivers, and vendor SDKs.

As an individual contributor working across multiple sites and time zones, you will integrate PHY drivers, OS changes, and open-source components, while exploring VM and container-based architectures (Hypervisors, Kubernetes) to

Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech in Electronics & Communications or Computer Science.
• 8–12 years of experience in networking hardware/software.
• Strong understanding of switch/router hardware/software architecture.
• Experience in platform infrastructure & embedded device driver development.
• Familiar with Broadcom MACs/PHYs and Barefoot SDKs.
• Familiar with Ethernet optics up to 400G/800G and FEC.
• Proficient in Linux networking components (ONL/ONLP, IPMI).
• Linux device drivers for PCI/USB/I2C/SPI, DMA, interrupts.

Responsibilities

• Platform system design and development with hardware knowledge.
• Integrating PHY drivers from multiple vendors and OS changes/upgrades.
• Working on Linux networking components and open-source software.
• Platform framework with virtual machine support using hypervisors or Kubernetes-based containers.
• Collaborating across multi-site teams in different time zones.

Skills

Embedded design

Linux networking

C++ programming

Python scripting

VMs & Docker

Kubernetes

Networking hardware

GIT

Jenkins

Education

BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech in Electronics & Communications or Computer Science

Tools

GDB

ONIE/UEFI

U-Boot

Broadcom SDKs

Job description

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

We are looking for an embedded systems expert doing platform system design and development with essential knowledge of the underlying hardware on any of the new generation networking products of Extreme Networks. This would involve integrating PHY drivers from multiple vendors, identifying and integrating OS changes/upgrades necessary and working on Linux networking components as well. Work can also be in platform framework with systems with virtual machine support using hypervisors or having Kubernetes based docker/microservices supported. This would also provide exposure to working on open-source components. So, this role requires to have a knowledge of the industry trends. As an individual contributor, one should be a team player and should work in a multi-site mode along with other teams in different time zones as well.

The Skill-set Required

• BE/B.Tech or ME/MTech preferably in the field of Electronics & communications or Computer Science.
• Work experience of 8 to 12 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.

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