5 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Implement well-defined switching features in C under senior engineer guidance.
- Contribute to device driver development for Broadcom switching chips and peripheral components.
- Implement basic L2/L3 protocols, including STP, VLAN, and basic routing protocols.
- Develop unit tests and debug embedded software using JTAG, GDB, and hardware debugging tools.
- Fix bugs, participate in code reviews, and maintain technical documentation.
- Assist with software integration across switching hardware platforms and support performance testing and validation on target hardware.
- Learn Broadcom SDK, switching architectures, ASIC programming, packet processing concepts, and embedded-systems best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 2–4 years of embedded software development experience.
- Strong C programming skills, including pointers, memory management, and embedded C practices, demonstrated through coursework or projects.
- Basic understanding of embedded systems, real-time operating systems, hardware-software interfaces, computer architecture, memory systems, and I/O interfaces.
- Fundamental knowledge of Ethernet, TCP/IP, switching concepts, the OSI model, and enterprise networking features.
- Familiarity with GCC, Make, GDB, Git, Linux kernel concepts, and system programming.
- Good debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Prior Broadcom SDK experience is not required; training is provided.
About NETGEAR
NETGEAR builds consumer and SMB networking hardware and services—Wi‑Fi routers and mesh systems, Ethernet switches, modems, and network-attached storage—with cloud management and security subscriptions. It sells through retail, online, and channel partners, and works with internet service providers. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in San Jose, California, NETGEAR is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NTGR) with global distribution across home, business, and service-provider markets.