Principal Engineer - Software

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Job Description:

We are looking for an energetic and self-motivated person with an Engineering or Computer Science background to join our Software team in the Communication Business Unit at Microchip. We are building software for leading-edge high-performance 64-bit System on Chip (SoC) devices developed by our hardware teams. These SoC products contain clusters of CPUs, data switching subsystems and a variety of high speed and low speed interfaces. They support the aerospace and communications markets as well as a growing number of applications in next generation embedded systems. Our focus is on technical excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvements in an open and encouraging environment. If you have a strong technical background in Linux for embedded systems, Linux device drivers, and Ethernet networking, then this is the position for you!

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be part of a team of professionals designing and implementing embedded software and firmware for modern System-on-Chip (SoC) multi-core devices running Linux and RTOSs, and supporting advanced Ethernet interfaces, high speed interfaces (PCIe/CXL) and other peripheral interfaces. This role specializes in leading the development of Linux support for our advanced Ethernet interfaces, including TSN, L2 switching and RDMA acceleration. Upstreaming of software to open source distributions is part of this role towards of building the ecosystem for these devices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop Linux device drivers for Ethernet, PCIe and other interfaces.

• Participate in the design, development, and integration of user and kernel level software for Ethernet networking support, including L2 switching, TSN and RDMA.

• Collaborate with others in functional and system level testing.

• Create documentation such as design documents, user manuals, and release notes for delivered components.

• Communicate and collaborate with other internal development teams and ecosystem partners.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

• 8+ years of related work experience in Software development for embedded systems.

• Solid experience with Linux kernel and driver development.

• Expert knowledge of C and working knowledge of Python.

• Experience with Ethernet networking and the Linux network stack is an asset.

• Experience with ARM or RISC-V is an asset.

• Knowledge of virtualization internals, such as with KVM/XEN, is an asset.

• Experience with RTOS environments is an asset.

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