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: 547852
Job Posting Title: Principal Firmware Engineer
City: Santa Clara
State: California
Country: USA
Alternate Location: US – California, Southern – San Diego
Percent of Travel Required: 0% – 25%
Job Function: Engineering
Discipline: ENG-Software-Firmware
With a pure digital CMOS approach and excellent SoC expertise, Broadcom’s wireless connectivity chipsets and system solutions provide the technology to make wireless Personal Area Networking a reality. Providing radio frequency, baseband, system, and complete software support to OEMs and system integrators, Broadcom’s wireless connectivity chips enable the wireless sharing of data among scores of electronic devices including PCs, netbooks, tablets, gaming devices, mobile phones, PDAs, wireless stereo headsets, TVs, and automobiles.
We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic, and driven engineers excited about WGA (60GHz, 802.11ad) wireless networking and network protocols to develop WGA features and 802.11ad protocols and work closely with hardware teams to create high speed wireless networking solutions. Do you like seeing your work on the shelves of your favorite electronics store? Then become part of the team that enables wireless connectivity on almost all of the tier #1 PC, Smartphone, TV, and other electronic devices.
– Responsible for requirements modeling, design, development, and integration of WGA protocol firmware.
– Working closely with systems, ASIC design, and FW engineering to participate in architecture design and trade off discussions.
– Verify various HW blocks before chip tapeout based on the defined usage scenarios.
– Design a FW system to closely work with the underline ASIC to provide the best performances and lowest power in its class in the industry.
– Working to complete preliminary testing, debugging, and documentation of all features.
– Enjoy working with the brightest, creative, results-oriented, and fun-filled engineers.
REQUIREMENTS:
• Total engineering minimum experience required is typically 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.
• Developing software using C/C++ and Objective C. 5+ years embedded firmware development experience.
• Experience with embedded RTOS and Simulation environment.
• Thorough understanding of OS concepts of process, DMA engines, interrupts, interrupt handling, global interrupt handling, timers.
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts and protocols, direct experience with network device drivers is highly preferred. Experience with storage drivers is also helpful.
• Understanding of digital baseband, RF, and wireless protocols (802.11, Bluetooth, WiMAX) is highly desirable.
• Candidate should have excellent communication skills and excel in a team environment.
Broadcom is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans)
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