Software Engineer

About the position

Do you want to help design and implement state-of-the-art features related to the virtualization platform used in Broadcom's VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)? If so, our Virtual Devices team is looking for highly motivated and talented systems software developers to join the team's experienced OS generalists who apply their knowledge to solving a wide variety of system software level problems. As a member of the Virtual Devices team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software that virtualizes devices (UEFI, TPM, USB, Networking, RDMA, and Storage) for virtual machines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement system software for VCF's virtualization platform.
• Help design and implement state-of-the-art features related to the virtualization platform used in VCF.
• Work on virtual firmware and hardware, motherboard devices like SuperIO, serial ports, parallel ports, ROM, Flash RAM, SMBus, NVRAM, ACPI battery and more.

Requirements

• BSCS with 12+ years experience in OS/kernel development. MSCS with 10+ years experience desirable.
• Strong C programming language experience. C++ and scripting language experience is desirable.
• Must have OS internals experience, e.g. system libraries, file systems, device drivers on Unix, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux or FreeBSD.
• Knowledge of algorithms (understands code efficiency and performance), understand the nature of interrupts, multi-threaded programming, memory management and 64-bit programming issues.
• A fair understanding of ACPI, UEFI, BIOS, SMBIOS, PCI Express, TPM, serial/parallel port.
• Familiarity with cryptographic principles, secure boot processes, and other security concepts.
• Ability to design complex software systems.
• Strong debugging and performance analysis skills.
• Ability to organize and work on several tasks at once.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment of other engineers to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid holidays
• Paid sick leave and vacation time
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence