Staff Embedded Software Engineer – Networking Platforms

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, enhance, troubleshoot, and debug system and platform software for enterprise networking products across Junos and EVO environments.
• Develop and maintain C software, including Linux device drivers and components that interact with platform hardware, firmware, buses, and system interfaces.
• Contribute to board, system, and platform bring-up, diagnosing issues across software and hardware layers.
• Lead technical work through solution design, analysis, implementation, testing, and integration, coordinating with hardware, software, and development partners.
• Design and integrate software across platforms, contributing to the architecture of products and solutions.
• Build and support multi-threaded, multi-process, and multi-daemon systems.
• Review designs and project work against engineering standards, providing feedback to improve quality, reliability, and reduce failure risk.
• Develop and execute test plans; debug software and use test scripts and tools to verify system behavior.
• Provide technical expertise to cross-functional projects and help evaluate and integrate relevant technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate designs, risks, and technical options to engineering teams and senior stakeholders.

What You Need to Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 8-12 years of relevant software engineering experience. Candidates with approximately 7 or more years may be considered if their technical depth and scope match the staff-level role.
• Strong C programming skills and experience developing platform, system, or embedded software.
• Hands-on Linux device-driver development or substantial driver-level systems experience.
• Experience with system, board, or platform bring-up and software that interacts with hardware or low-level interfaces.
• Solid understanding of operating systems, processes, and threads, plus experience with multithreaded software or complex system services.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, debugging, and systematic problem-solving.
• Experience contributing to software architecture and integrating system components into a product or platform.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain designs and discuss technical options with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to own complex work independently, ramp up quickly, and guide or mentor other engineers.
• Good to have: Ethernet switching, enterprise networking, TCP/IP, or routing and switching experience.
• Good to have: Junos, EVO, FreeBSD, C++, or comparable network operating-system experience.
• Good to have: Experience with PCIe, I2C, UART, SPI, MDIO, FPGA/CPLD, x86 or ARM platforms, chassis management, virtual chassis, or Power over Ethernet.
• Good to have: Familiarity with network processors, PHY/SerDes, optics, packet forwarding, high-speed interfaces, MACsec, storage, system peripherals, or telemetry.
• Good to have: Interest in using AI-enabled tools thoughtfully to improve engineering productivity, with appropriate review and validation.

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