Broadcom
Firmware Engineer
USA-CA Irvine Alton Parkway Bldg 2 +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Location
- USA-CA Irvine Alton Parkway Bldg 2
USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive - Experience
- Typically a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of related experience; alternatively, a Master's degree and 6+ years, or a PhD and 3+ years. Postgraduate coursework may be desirable at the typical level.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD, with the stated experience alternatives.
About the job
Designs, develops, tests, and maintains low-level firmware and embedded software for optical PHY chipsets and related products.
What you'll do
- Develop new products and maintain legacy products, including firmware features and embedded applications.
- Troubleshoot embedded C code and collaborate with system, analog, and digital hardware teams.
- Provide technical leadership in architecture, standards, design patterns, and code quality practices.
What they ask for
- Strong software development and documentation skills.
- Proven ability to develop in C and ARM Assembly on embedded targets.
- Understanding of real-time systems, multithreading, concurrent programming, multiprocessor programming, and inter-processor communication.
- Driver experience (MDIO, I2C, SPI, etc.) and strong debugging skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with ARM processors.
- Software development on Windows using Visual C/C++, or on Linux; understanding of proprietary software interfacing with GPL, LGPL, and ASL-licensed components.
Tools
C, ARM Assembly, MDIO, I2C, SPI, Visual C/C++, Windows, Linux
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