Your primary focus will be debug and system integration. You will be an integral part of the firmware team and work on new feature development, but you will be the point person in the lab helping to unblock other teams — triaging failures, understanding what the firmware is doing, and making targeted fixes without requiring a long handoff loop. Beyond that, you'll contribute to feature development and help bring new products from initial bringup into customer deployment.
Key Responsibilities
Debug & System Integration
Work directly with the system validation team to debug firmware behavior across different Ethernet configurations, link states, and failure modes
Investigate and fix firmware issues in embedded C, leveraging deep understanding of how Layer 1 PHY, SERDES, FEC/PCS, MAC, and retimer components interact
Serve as the connective tissue between firmware and system validation teams, triaging issues and driving them to resolution without long handoff loops
Customer Bring-Up & Field Support
Support customer bring-up and integration activities, including triaging field issues and coordinating fixes with internal teams
Partner with field applications engineers to diagnose and resolve deployment issues quickly
Firmware Feature Development
Contribute to firmware feature development for SERDES configuration, link training, equalization, and diagnostics
Partner with SoC, field applications, and platform teams across the full product lifecycle
Help bring new Taurus products from initial silicon bringup through customer deployment
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
5+ years of experience in firmware development or embedded systems engineering
Hands-on experience with Ethernet at the system or device level: Layer 1 PHY, SERDES, retimers, gearboxes, NICs, switches, or related devices
Solid embedded C/C++ skills and comfort working in a firmware codebase on real hardware
Ability to debug across the hardware/software boundary: register accesses, embedded SDKs, link state machines, PHY telemetry, debug print logs
Familiarity with Linux development tools: gcc/clang, make, bash, gdb, git
Strong communication skills and comfort working in a fast-moving environment where the problem in front of you may not have a clean solution
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with switch or NIC management software, SAI, or OpenBMC
Knowledge of PMA, FEC, or other PHY-layer subsystems beyond the SERDES
Background with retimer or gearbox firmware or SDK/API development
Python scripting for debug, test automation, or data analysis
Experience with lab equipment: BERT, oscilloscopes, Viavi/Lecroy/Exfo/Keysight/Tektronix or similar
Understanding of signal integrity: equalization, jitter, eye diagrams, link margin
Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading debug efforts across teams
Salary range is $133,200 to $185,000 depending on experience, level, and business need. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.
