R&D Engineer Software 5
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 20, 2026. Broadcom scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Job Description:
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing hardware abstraction layer for BRCM switching silicon. You will work cross functionally with marketing, architects, software test, and silicon development to design, implement, document and test high quality software.
This is a unique opportunity to deliver software for a dis-aggregated software solution with high performance and scale. This position provides the opportunity to work on the most advanced switching ASICs made by Broadcom.
Requirements:
BS/MS in Computer Science or similar
10+ years of experience in software development of packet forwarding, network OS, embedded software or related fields
Must have strong skills in programming languages such as C, C++, Python
Must have experience working on any industry leading switching ASICs from Broadcom or other vendors.
Hands-on experience in using ASIC SDK to program forwarding plane data, including ipv4/ipv6 hosts and prefixes, adjacency, ARP and ND6, VRF, ECMP, etc.
Strong forwarding plane experience in applications such L2, L3, ACL, QoS, Tunnels, SRv6, Telemetry is required.
In-depth understanding of linux network drivers is preferred.
Familiarity in working in an open source software development environment and tools such as Git, Jenkins, Gerrit, etc.
Ability to design a solution and implement features independently.
Strong problem solving and software troubleshooting skills.
Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
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