Senior Ethernet NIC System Architect – Data Center

Broadcom; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Broadcom in Irvine and San Jose seeks an architect to define software and hardware requirements for next‑generation Ethernet NICs. You will collaborate with customers, software teams, and the ASIC group to refine architectures and drive system software needs.

The role emphasizes hands-on design across Ethernet, PCIe, virtualization, RDMA, kernel components, and ASIC interfaces, with opportunities to influence standards and product direction.

Qualifications

• Experience in the design or programming of networking devices, such as NIC, HBA, switch or similar
• ASIC design knowledge or experience, such as RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) and micro-architecture
• Good communication skills, including writing technical specifications; collaborative team player
• Knowledge in one of the following fields: cloud data center networks, virtual switching (e.g., OVS), RDMA (RoCE or InfiniBand), storage stacks (virtio-block, NVMe)
• Experience with OS kernel and user mode programming for Windows/Linux, with an understanding of memory, process, thread and I/O management

Responsibilities

• Interact with enterprise and cloud data center customers
• Explore architectural tradeoffs across NIC hardware and software
• Help with the ASIC design of new Ethernet NICs
• Drive system software architecture requirements
• Provide clear verbal and written direction to development teams
• Support Broadcom’s participation in standards bodies (e.g., IEEE 802.3, PCI-SIG, OCP)

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux kernel drivers

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Networking protocols

ASIC design knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

PCIe

DPDK

Ethernet

Job description

Broadcom in Irvine and San Jose seeks an architect to define software and hardware requirements for next‑generation Ethernet NICs. You will collaborate with customers, software teams, and the ASIC group to refine architectures and drive system software needs.

The role emphasizes hands-on design across Ethernet, PCIe, virtualization, RDMA, kernel components, and ASIC interfaces, with opportunities to influence standards and product direction.