Engineer I-Software

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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Job Description:

Department description:

Microchip Corp (NASDAQ: MCHP), Frequency and Timing Systems is a world leader in precise time solutions and sets the world's standard for time. The company generates, distributes and applies precise time for the communications, aerospace and defense, IT infrastructure, and metrology industries. Microchip's customers, from communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to governments and their suppliers worldwide, can build more reliable networks and systems by using the company's advanced timing technologies, atomic clocks, services, and solutions. Microchip products support today's precise timing standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588 (PTP), Network Time Protocol (NTP), and Synchronous Ethernet. 

Scope of position:

The FTS (Frequency and Time Systems) development team is dedicated to the development of PTP (Precision Time Protocol), grandmaster clocks and boundary clocks.

FTS has an opportunity for a new college graduate at our office in San Jose. The candidate should have a keen interest in embedded software, systems engineering and test. The successful candidate will work in a team centered environment with local and remote team members. Day to day activities will include development, debug and testing of embedded platforms for Precision Time systems. The successful candidate will contribute from the initial requirement stage all the way through development and verification.

We are offering the opportunity to get state of the art experience with next generation packet time systems within a growing team.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Embedded Software development within a Linux environment

• Real time software development & test

• C programming & test

• Test and debug of Ethernet Networks and 1588 Precision Time Protocol

• Testing and verification of complex network configurations

• Scripting using Tcl, Perl, and Python, bash scripting

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Electrical/Electronic engineering

• Keen interest in Embedded Systems / Software Development / Hardware Design and Debug

• Good written and verbal communication

• Work in multi-disciplinary teams and interface with peers and management.

• Experience using Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)

Beneficial to the role

• Experience with measurement systems

• Experience with or interest in RTL or hardware design and debug

• Experience with Networking configuration and debug

• Ability to operate in a Linux/Unix environment

• Interest in one or more of the following technical areas is an advantage:

  • GPS / GNSS Receivers

  • Precise Time and Frequency Technology

  • RF Communications

  • Control System Design and Analysis

  • FPGA development and debug

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

80% sitting, 10% standing, 10% walking, 100% indoors; Usual business hours.

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $66,560 - $128,000.*

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the EEO is the Law Poster and the EEO is the Law Poster Supplement. Please also refer to the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.