This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Job Family Definition:
Designs, develops, troubleshoots and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases and Internet-related tools. Determines hardware compatibility and/or influences hardware design.
Management Level Definition:
Contributions include applying developed subject matter expertise to solve common and sometimes complex technical problems and recommending alternatives where necessary. Might act as project lead and provide assistance to lower level professionals. Exercises independent judgment and consults with others to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define software requirements and specifications.
- Design, implement, and maintain networking and system software components using C and C++ programming languages.
- Conduct object-oriented analysis and design to ensure robust and scalable solutions.
- Debug complex system-level issues, leveraging your deep understanding of fundamental OS concepts (especially in Linux or similar operating systems).
- Participate in hardware and system-level design discussions, ensuring carrier-class software development.
- Work with Linux device drivers, system bring-up, and the Linux kernel.
- Navigate large codebases effectively, drawing from prior experience.
- Apply strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills to enhance software performance and resilience.
- Utilize scripting technologies and modern DevOps practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including networking, embedded platform software, and hardware experts.
- Present technical topics articulately and confidently.
- Articulate design, lead development and see through the deployment of switching software for datacenter switching products.
- Work with product management and cross functional teams and develop detailed architectural, functional and design specifications to meet product requirements.
- Carry out detailed design, coding, unit and functional testing of software, fix complex defects, through entire lifecycle of the project.
- Lead development activity within the team, working with managers for detailed planning of tasks, setting intermediate milestones, strategizing execution.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers in the team for technical problem solving, and building long term expertise and competency.
- Work with cross functional validation and verification teams to ensure correct and complete verification of software and components, to meet real-life network deployments.
- Work closely with Juniper technical assistance team, for providing engineering assistance in supporting critical customer escalations.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electronics, telecommunication engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in networking and system software development.
- Proficiency in C and C++ programming.
- Familiarity with data structures and system debugging techniques.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Host Complex, System Peripherals & Drivers: CPU complex (x86); PCIe, SPI, I2C, MDIO; FPGA, CPLD, Flash Drivers
- Ethernet Interfaces (ranging from 1Gig to 400G+, including 800G, 1.6T), MacSec, Timing, Optics (SFP, QSFP, QDD, OSFP)
- High-speed packet forwarding with network processors, PHYs, and SerDes
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of SONiC architecture & hands-on SONiC experience, Experience using SONiC development and integration
- Experience with software development for the forwarding ASICs, FPGAs, Network Processors etc
Additional Skills:
What We Can Offer You:
Health & Wellbeing
We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development
We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion
We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
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Job:
EngineeringJob Level:
TCP_03
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The expected salary/wage range for a U.S.-based hire filling this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. If this is a sales role, then the listed salary range reflects combined base salary and target-level sales compensation pay. If this is a non-sales role, then the listed salary range reflects base salary only. Variable incentives may also be offered. Information about employee benefits offered can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html.
USD Annual Salary: $103,400.00 - $237,000.00HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.
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What We Do
In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, college friends turned business partners, started the original Silicon Valley startup in the space of a rented Palo Alto garage. Starting with audio oscillators, the friends built the foundation for a company that would grow to become a global leader in enterprise technology.
More than 75 years later, our success is exemplified through our employees’ drive to advance ideas that bring meaningful innovations to life for our customers and partners around the globe. We are guided by our mission to help customers use technology to turn ideas into value, and empower them to transform industries, markets and lives. We simplify Hybrid IT, power the Intelligent Edge and provide the expertise to make it all happen.
