Broadcom R&D System Applications Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

5445604

Responsibilities include

• Analyze, debug, and root cause issues found within Broadcom’s PCIe switch products and work with appropriate development teams (firmware, software, IC hardware, or board hardware) to provide a solution.

• Provide guidance to OEM and Cloud customers on properly integrating Broadcom’s PCIe switch products into GP-GPUs, AI/ML platforms, storage servers and custom designs. Guidance consists of architecture reviews, schematic reviews, layout reviews, design-in support and training customers on product features.

• Develop product documentation for use by customers implementing Broadcom’s PCIe switch products.

• Develop relations and collaborate with industry partners to provide value to mutual customers.

Other duties include

• Train Field Applications Engineers, Sales Engineers, and support staff in the features and uses of Broadcom PCIe switch products.

• Develop tools and processes to improve debug efficiency and customer satisfaction.

• Occasional travel, some of which may be international.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Experience with firmware, software, hardware and PCIe protocol level debug.

• Experience developing and debugging C code.

• Prior experience in embedded software debug or development (firmware, drivers, BIOS) using PCIe technology.

• Experience reading board schematics and layout files.

• Skilled at debugging and analyzing high speed analog signals.

• Skilled in organizing information.

• Self-motivated and a strong self-driven learner who learns new technologies quickly.

• Good written and verbal communications skills.

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple parallel tasks.

• Strong interpersonal skills. Must be able to communicate complex technical solutions to customers and internal teams.

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or related field plus 8 years of relevant experience or Masters Degree in Computer Engineering or related field plus 6 years of relevant experience.

Desirable, but not required skills

• Experience with NIC, SAS/SATA protocols, RAID, ARM or PPC embedded processors, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and oscilloscopes.

• Ability to perform SMD/SMT soldering and rework.

• Presentation skills.