Senior PCIe Switch Architect - Growth & Equity

Broadcom; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(K) participation including company

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company paid holidays

Paid sick leave and vacation time

Paid Family Leave

Job summary

Broadcom in the DCSG division seeks a PCIe Architect to define and optimize PCIe architecture in industry-leading switch products. You will collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to ensure robust solutions that meet current and future PCIe switch needs.

You will engage in performance modeling, guide RTL and verification, and participate in industry standards workgroups. The role also involves presenting to executives, engaging with customers, and driving architectural decisions that

Qualifications

• 12 years or more experience in hardware development, with a focus on PCIe architecture for at least 5 years.
• Skills in leading debugging complex issues related to hardware and software interaction and system level performance issues.
• In depth understanding of PCIe interface architecture.
• Strong communications skills, both verbal and written, enable communication both up and down the chain of command.
• Bachelor’s in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering, Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• The architect would be responsible for writing high level Architecture specifications for PCIe Switch products and reviewing micro-architecture specifications.
• Performance modeling, workload analysis and actively balancing trade offs between power, performance and area.
• Work closely with RTL design engineers to guide implementation, and verification engineers to define test plans and coverage metrics for complex architecture corner cases.
• Participate and contribute to industry standard workgroups to enable future product definition and goals.
• Perform technical investigations and/or debug within our current production solutions to optimize performance, evaluate future product features, or resolve current product issues.
• Present on architectural related topics to executive management in a clear and concise manner.
• Engagement with key customers in order understand issues and future directions.
• Support of development organizations to aid in resolution of complex issues or optimization of code for performance or efficiency.

Skills

PCIe architecture

Hardware development

Debugging complex issues

System-level performance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Broadcom in the DCSG division seeks a PCIe Architect to define and optimize PCIe architecture in industry-leading switch products. You will collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to ensure robust solutions that meet current and future PCIe switch needs.

You will engage in performance modeling, guide RTL and verification, and participate in industry standards workgroups. The role also involves presenting to executives, engaging with customers, and driving architectural decisions that