Applications Engineer

Responsibilities

• Support high-speed Ethernet switching designs, packet forwarding pipelines, and embedded software.
• Help users deploy Broadcom switch and NIC solutions for HPC and AI/ML data centers.
• Run benchmarks and tune performance (congestion control, load balancing, QoS).
• Work with users on SAI and SDK integration and validation.
• Support features across L2/L3, VLAN, VxLAN, SRv6, ACL/FP, IP Tunneling, Multicast, RoCE.
• Guide users on AI fabric design, RDMA, congestion tuning, topology, and collective-traffic behavior.
• Deliver high-quality technical support and collateral, both independently and as part of a team.

Requirements

• Networking RDMA, high-performance networking (RoCEv2, Ethernet), network architecture and topologies.
• Working knowledge of L2/L3 switching, VLAN, VxLAN, SRv6, ACL/FP, IP Tunneling, and Multicast.
• End-to-end congestion techniques (PFC, ECN, DCQCN).
• Embedded software debugging, Linux kernel and kernel networking (advantage).
• SAI / SDK hands-on development, porting, or ASIC SDK integration.
• SAI object model (switch, port, VLAN, route, next-hop, ACL, tunnel) and its mapping to hardware pipeline resources.
• SAI integration with NOS stacks like SONiC or others on Broadcom XGS/DNX (Tomahawk/Trident/Jericho).
• Debugging or extending SAI implementations, including SAI-to-SDK translation issues.
• Exposure to SAI in multi-vendor NOS ecosystems (plus).
• AI/ML Fabrics, HPC and AI/ML data center operational models (plus).
• Understanding on High-radix fabric topologies for GPU/accelerator clusters (plus).
• Telemetry-driven network operations in-band/out-of-band and streaming telemetry for AI fabric health and congestion diagnosis (plus).

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering with 8+ years, or Master's with 6+ years of work experience in the networking domain.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving, self-driven, detail-oriented.
• Excellent written/verbal communication.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is USD 121,900.00 To USD 195,000.00.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(K) participation including company matching.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time.
• Follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.