Broadcom R&D Software Engineer - Virtual Machine Monitor 

United States, California, Palo Alto 

272952237

R&D Software Engineer - Virtual Machine Monitor

and virtualization of other forms of compute technologies and accelerators.

The VCF Division works to build products and solutions that power the hybridcloud. Working

Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?

The Monitor Group’s principal function is to maintain and develop the virtual CPU and memory aspects of the virtual machine platform that runs guest operating systems.

In the first 6 months, you will be expected to get up to speed with one of the specialization areas, such as new CPU feature enablement, confidential computing, modernization of the monitor architecture, hardware accelerators, power-aware compute or aspects of guest timekeeping. By year 1 you would be expected to have impactful engineering contributions and enhancements in your area of specialization.

The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?

This role requires you to possess a deep understanding of processor architecture and low-level OS kernel internals, system software including memory management, resource management, and interruptarchitecture. Theprincipal programming language used is C, with assembly code used whenever needed to deal with machine-specific constructs.

You will work independently and as a member of a team of software engineers to design and deliver features in support of new processors or a proposed enhancement for the virtual machine monitor architecture. As an example, you might be involved in the design and implementation of upcoming CPU instruction set updates in a virtualizationcontext. Similarly,you may be assigned to contribute to an aspect of memoryfeatures as part of a monitor modernization effort. For more senior roles you would be expected to make proposals that help define the design roadmap, or drive a technical effort leading other engineers.

You will be joining as a Monitor Engineer as part of the MonitorGroup. TheMonitor Group is a part of the VMWare Cloud Foundation (VCF) Division underorganization handles all aspects of virtual machine engineering and has deep roots in the history of thevSphere. You

Job Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 15+ years of related experience or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field and 13+ years of related experience.

- Experience in C, and assembly programming

- Experience working on the kernel and /or virtualization space

- Proficient in x86 CPU architecture

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $163,000 - $260,000.

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.