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: 353
Job Posting Title: Sr. Firmware Engineer
City: San Diego
State: California
Country: USA
Alternate Location: N/A
Percent of Travel Required: 0% – 25%
Job Function: Engineering
Discipline: ENG-Software-Firmware
Broadcom is developing next generation Wireless (Wi-Fi) products for consumer electronics, PCs, Access Points and broadband routers. Broadcom’s AirForce family of 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN solutions are enabled across many product platforms. Wi-Fi based products are very rapidly growing, driven by Broadcom’s innovation and technology leadership. We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic and driven engineers excited about 802.11 wireless networking, network protocols and embedded system requirements.
In this position, the candidate will work with an experienced and focused team to bring cutting edge low power wireless solutions to market. The ideal candidate should have solid experience in embedded communication protocols, Bluetooth and Thread-X internals such as device drivers, scheduling, and stacks. Tasks include features enhancement and development, fix software bugs and provide support for key customers when required. Experience with bus technologies such as USB, UART, touch controllers, and I2S is also preferred.
Requirements:
– Typically require a BS degree and 12 years of experience, an MS degree and 9 years of experience or a PhD and 6 years of experience or equivalent
– BSEE/CE/CS or MSEE/CS/EE preferred or equivalent
– 8 plus years of experience in driver software development
– Expert with the C language
– Device driver and systems level experience; experience with Thread-X is a requirement
– Must have mastered OS concepts of: Process, DMA engines, interrupts, Interrupt Handling, Timers, Threads, IPC, and race conditions
– Strong knowledge of wireless communication concepts and protocols, direct experience with BT stack is highly preferred
– Chip and platform bring-up experience is preferred
Broadcom is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans)
Nearest Major Market: San Diego
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