General Overview

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Software
Functional Area:Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Design - Software Engineering
Job Code: SEN-ENG-DSE
Job Band:10
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

The Staff Engineer, Software develops, debugs, tests, deploys and supports code to be deployed in systems/products/equipment for various applications. They write, debug, maintain, and test software in various common languages and for software at various levels in the hierarchy (from Firmware to Application). Software creation follows an agreed to development process (such as Agile, Scrum, etc.) and complies with the product life cycle development (phase/gate deliverables).

The Staff Engineer, Software works in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Linux Kernel Development, Optimization and Maintenance.
Design and Development of Device Drivers for various peripherals including NIC, SPI, I2C,UART, CPLD, FPGA.
Design and Development of BSP, HAL, Application based on Debian, CentOS, embedded Linuxand Other Standard Linux.
Participate in Silicon/Hardware Board bring-up and debug.
Work closely with the Firmware and Hardware teams.
Optimizing/Customizing OS based on ONIE/ONL/SONiC to suit for diagnostic hardware system
Technical lead to trouble shooting the issues found in design phase
Technical lead to deliver BSP package(SPEC, image, checklist...) following with dev processcompliance by schedule

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Very strong in C and data structures, preferably in developing multi-core or multi-threadedapplications.
Proficiency in compiling/cross-compiling (MIPS, x86, ARM, or PowerPC) is strongly desired.
In-depth knowledge of kernel functionality and architecture including networking, memorymanagement, process management etc.
Must have hands-on experience in developing device drivers for the Linux kernel.
Excellent debugging skills, experience with kernel debugging tools and JTAG is preferred.
Solid understanding of low-level CPU architecture (core, cache, MMU, bus architecture, etc.)
Experience with hardware peripherals / buses/ protocols like PCIe, USB, SATA, SD/MMC,LPC, JTAG etc.
Good understanding of protocols & interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART is desirable.
Experience in developing Unix user-space applications is desirable.
ONL/ONIE/SONiC and network product work experience is preferred.
Knowledge and understanding of open source development and SW revision controlsystem(Git/SVN)
Multicultural working experience desirable

Physical Demands

Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

10 to 15 years

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

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