Senior ESX VMkernel & Platform Quality Engineer

Broadcom, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 122,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid holidays and time off

Job summary

Broadcom, Inc. (via VMware) seeks an experienced ESX Core Platform Quality engineer to advance validation for the ESX kernel and VMKernel within the VMware Cloud Foundation ecosystem.

You will collaborate across teams to design rigorous test strategies, automate low-level OS tests, and own validation portions of critical platform components, contributing to scalability, performance, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of kernel-level memory management and CPU scheduling.
• Experience with virtualization hypervisors (ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM, XEN).
• Proficient in Python and C programming for test automation.
• Experience with Intel x86 server architecture.
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Learn tools and processes to become an ESX and VMKernel engineer; contribute to validation techniques for ESX OS.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design, implement, and deliver test coverage for ESX platform features.
• Own parts of ESX Core Platform validation projects and potentially lead larger parts of projects.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills and work toward reliability, scalability, and performance of VCF virtualization platform.

Skills

Python programming

C programming

Kernel memory management

Hypervisor experience

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Broadcom, Inc. (via VMware) seeks an experienced ESX Core Platform Quality engineer to advance validation for the ESX kernel and VMKernel within the VMware Cloud Foundation ecosystem.

You will collaborate across teams to design rigorous test strategies, automate low-level OS tests, and own validation portions of critical platform components, contributing to scalability, performance, and reliability.