Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments. With the industry’s broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by Connecting everything®.
Job Req ID: 547541
Job Posting Title: Engineer, Sr Staff-Product Applications – Hardware
City: Irvine
State: California
Country: USA
Alternate Location: US – California, Northern – Bay Area
Percent of Travel Required: 0% – 25%
Job Function: Engineering
Discipline: ENG-Mktg, Mgmt, Project-Product Apps
Senior Staff Product Applications Engineer (High Speed Interconnect Products) – Hardware
Are you looking for a great opportunity as a highly motivated and experienced High Speed Physical Layer Product Applications Engineer?
Leverage your background in hardware/software, systems, and technical applications engineering to provide support to Tier 1 customers, who are designing their products with Broadcom’s phys.
In this position you will be required to become an expert in the architecture of our 10/40/100 Gigabit and OTN phys that allows Broadcom to sustain its market leading position. You will interface with both customers and our Field Applications Engineers supporting pre-sales activity and ensuring the successful launch of the finished products.
Fundamentally your role is to help secure customer design wins and assist customers in bringing their products to market rapidly and successfully. You will contribute directly to the success of the products and customers that you support. Responsibilities include:
– Support of architecture and low-level hardware questions and issues
– Pre-sales and post-sales support via email, phone, and customer visits
– Documentation
– Product definition and roadmap
– Analysis of customer architecture and requirements
– Debugging of complicated issues and problems
– Board debugging and bring up
– Schematic and layout design reviews
– Training of customers and Field Applications Engineers
You will work directly with customers and must have good oral and written communication skills to interact with and support these customers. You will also work with a variety of internal employees in Hardware and Software Engineering, Architecture, Field Applications Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and senior management.
While most work will be performed at Broadcom offices, some work will be done on customer premises necessitating travel.
Broadcom offers a fast paced, exciting work environment that allows you to enjoy a variety of work tasks and advance your career as a quick learner and an industry-recognized performer.
Job Requirements:
Typically requires a BS degree and 9 years, or a MS degree and 6 years, or a PhD and 3 years of experience in relevant fields with a strong track record of success.
Willingness to travel up to 10%, international travel is possible
You should have experience and/or knowledge in most if not all of the following areas:
Applications Engineering
– Direct customer interaction and involvement
– Project or time management skills
– Ability to work on multiple tasks concurrently
– Ability to explain complex technology and train others
– Debugging of complicated problems or bugs
– Hardware/software/firmware bring-up
– Training of customers and/or FAEs
Architecture
– Strong working knowledge of high-speed (10Gbps+) phy and SerDes
– Experience with Ethernet system and standard is preferred.
– Experience with 10G optical system and standard is preferred. OTN experience is a plus.
– Architecture, programming, or support of complex System on a Chip devices is a plus
Low Level Hardware/Software
– Register level programming of complex devices
– Practical knowledge of C, C++, and Visual Basic is needed to modify/create simple function/script.
– Hardware, high-speed SerDes, or system (board) experience is a plus.
– Experience with high-speed Signal Integrity issues is a plus.
– Experience with optical components and tester is a plus.
– Should be able to review PCB layout and schematic
– Experience using Ethernet traffic generator, High-speed scope, Jitter Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, and OTN tester is a plus.
Communications
– Excellent written and verbal skills
– Fluency (conversational and/or technical) in non-english languages is a plus
– Strong presentation skills are desired
– Excellent team-work skills
Outstanding problem solving skills and great attitude are required for this position.
Broadcom is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans)
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