Careers

Principal Logic Design Engineer

Boxborough

Description

Netronome is seeking highly motivated experienced Logic Design Engineers to join our Silicon Engineering Team to play a pivotal role in the implementation of a complex high-performance Network Processor SoC and supporting FPGAs.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities will span the entire ASIC design process, including definition and architecture of new major functional blocks, development of new RTL design, and maintenance of existing RTL designs and integration of externally developed IP blocks. In addition, you will contribute to the logic verification, synthesis/APR and timing closure of RTL designs. Solid understanding of hardware design fundamentals, computer and networking architecture and VLSI principles is required, as well as expertise in Verilog/VHDL coding, CMOS circuits and digital design.

Successful logic design candidates will work closely with the system architects and other RTL design and verification engineers to ensure that requirements are well understood, coordinated, and subsequently executed to deliver high quality silicon. In addition, a principle logic design candidate will lead, direct, and mentor a small group of engineers to accomplish these goals.

Requirements

The ideal candidate would have the right combination of technical and interpersonal skills including:

• BS or MS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 15+ years of silicon hardware design experience.
• Substantial Experience in architecture and hardware design.
• A history of successfully delivering good hardware design.
• Expert-level understanding of silicon logic design and Verilog/VHDL.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Experience with scripting (Perl, TCL, Python) and Makefiles is preferred
• Good interpersonal skills, be a quick learner, and ready to contribute to a supportive team culture, wherever the need arises
• Be able to quickly comprehend new challenges and plan the necessary tasks to meet overall objectives in a timely manner
• Be self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Be able to lead and motivate others to accomplish a common goal.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills, being able to deliver high quality output against aggressive schedule

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Principal Physical Design Engineer

Boxborough

Description

Netronome Systems is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our silicon design team. In this position you will play a key role in the development of high-performance Network Processor SoCs, with duties in the back-end implementation process.

Responsibilities

This position will have physical implementation responsibilities including floorplanning, partitioning, P&R, full-chip timing, chip assembly and cleanup. Additionally, you will contribute to synthesis/APR methodology and block implementation. This position will be working closely with Architects and RTL Designers to ensure that requirements are well-understood, coordinated, and subsequently executed to deliver high quality silicon.

Requirements

Specific qualifications for this position include:

• Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or Computer Science.
• At least 10 years of experience.
• Experience floorplanning, APR and signoff for large multi-million gate count projects.
• Experience implementing powergrid and clock tree at the chip level. Additionally verifying the correctness of these for EM/IR Drop.
• Experience in the chip assembly, DRC/LVS cleanup and GDSII generation for tapeout.
• Experience in partitioning and timing budgeting.
• Experience in block synthesis and APR.
• Solid understanding of hardware design fundamentals, computer and networking architecture and VLSI principles.
• Independent automation/parsing scripting experience in such languages as python/perl/tcl is required. Programming experience in C++/java/other is a plus.
• Exposure to Verilog/VHDL coding and verification, CMOS circuits and digital design.
• Must possess good interpersonal skills, be a quick learner and team player, and be ready to contribute wherever the need is.
• Be able to quickly comprehend new challenges and plan the necessary tasks to meet overall objectives in a timely manner.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and being able to deliver high quality output against deadlines are a must.

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Senior Manager, Software Product Management

Santa Clara

Description:

The purpose of this position is to perform the role of a software product manager, managing the Agilio and SDK software products, ensuring software product releases are delivered on time, and meet customer requirements in terms of features and performance.

Responsibilities:

Define the next wave of high-speed data center networking solutions as Netronome’s Software Product Management Lead for the Agilio server-based networking software family. The Software PLM will be responsible for the definition and life-cycle management of Netronome's Agilio software platform used on the Agilio Intelligent Server Adapters and development tools for data path programming using C and P4. The software is aimed at accelerating all elements of server-based networking with focus areas in Open vSwitch, Linux Firewall and Open Contrail. Data path programming using C and P4 can be used for custom data paths. This candidate must be in tune with the latest developments in virtualized networking, security, traffic engineering, and network-based analytics to ensure the alignment and success of Netronome’s future software products. This exciting position is at the intersection of customers, industry thought leaders, Netronome engineering leadership, and senior management, requiring the candidate to be capable of understanding and communicating bleeding edge technology at a fast pace. Specific duties to include:

• Capture market requirements, product requirements, and drive product roadmaps
• Cross-functional coordination across R&D, sales, and ecosystems for solution development and delivery
• Content and collateral creation to drive product launches, messaging, and sales engagements
• Interface with Sales and Customers to create and deliver customer solution presentations
• Author business plans supporting proposed products
• Software product line roadmap planning, including Agilio software and SDK data path programming tools
• Speaking engagements at industry conferences
• Managing Netronome’s open source offerings and public github contributions
• Research and develop competitive analysis materials
• Track development trends in modern data center networking technologies and solutions
  

Job Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in Product Management, Product Marketing or Technical Marketing Roles
• BSEE, CE, CS required
• Software Product Management experience with network virtualization using Open vSwitch, Linux Firewall (and connection tracking) and Contrail vRouter, in general server-based networking
• Experience with application vendors for cloud, data center, or NFV applications
• Competent in TCP/IP networking in a wide variety of Linux distributions (Other OSes a plus)
• Networking data path programming and associated tools
• Knowledge in requirements for server virtualization, network virtualization, NFV, and network orchestration
• Experience with network control and orchestration using technologies such as Open Daylight and OpenStack
• Experience working with cloud or data center operators and OEMs/ODMs
• Software pricing and business models
• Customer pre-sales design support
• Competitive analysis
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Public speaking to large audiences

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Principal Software Engineer

Santa Clara

Description

Netronome Systems, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Engineer to work in our Santa Clara, CA office and to lead the team of software engineers responsible for the design, development, testing, debugging and support of high-performance embedded networking microcode written for a highly parallelized, multi-threaded, many-core hardware architecture, including microcode acceleration of Open vSwitch (OVS) by means of hardware offload of Linux Kernel flow classification, processing and caching, as well as other embedded systems software development. The candidate will participate in the design and implementation of new emerging networking standards in Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), and OVS, as well as ensure that architecture meets functional requirements and performance goals. The candidate will implement design in microcode and verify performance requirements using realistic network traffic loads while working with industry experts to ensure compatibility with the appropriate standards bodies' specifications.

Responsibilities:

Must know (from any completed university-level coursework, seminars, workshops, or real-world, hands-on experience):

• Embedded systems and embedded programming skills (C/C++);
• Microcode software development for IXP/NFP hardware architecture (Microcode assembler);
• Domain specific packet processing language;
• One of the following scripting languages: bash, bourne, shell, Perl, or Python;
• Development/debugging on Linux platform (revision control systems, build systems, troubleshooting and debugging);
• Major network protocols (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP); and
• High-performance network device internals (parsing, classifying, filtering, traffic forwarding, load balancing, packet manipulation, and flow cache acceleration).

Requirements:

• Must have a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or directly related field; plus three (3) years of software engineering experience.
• Alternate requirement: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a directly related field of study plus five (5) years of post-baccalaureate and progressively responsible years of software engineering experience.

Send resume to J. Adams, Netronome Systems, 3159 Unionville Road, Suite 100, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

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Software QA Engineer

Cape Town/Centurion

Description

The QA Engineer's primary task is to perform white-box and blackbox testing of the company's hardware and software products. This individual will build test software to expose API defects in production level code as well as defects at the component and feature levels.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering technical specifications and attend review meetings
  
• Meet with developers to discuss technical aspects of features
  
• Design and author test cases for assigned feature areas of a release
  
• Design and build testing tools for automated unit, functional, and performance testing
• Develop Linux and Windows based test applications to exercise and validate firmware and embedded software
  
• Define and execute test procedures
  
• Work with developers on reproducing and researching defects
  
• Track and manage defects on a day to day basis
  
• Setup and maintain lab test environments
  
• Provide QA Support for Field trials of various products
  
• Participate in all activities accordingly to ensure on-time deliverables are met including day-to-day planning and coordination with other QA engineers and software/hardware developers

Requirements

• MS degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a BS Degree and two years of experience
• C/C++ programming and scripting (Perl/Python/Shell) experience
• Working experience in Linux open source development (gcc, g++, make)
• Networking Protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, SSL) experience

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Software Engineer

Cape Town/Centurion

Description

The Software Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, debugging, testing and support of high-performance networking software. Contributions to include embedded and/or system software development.

Responsibilities

• Construct data structure and algorithms
• Write quality code
• Explore innovative technical solutions
• Test and debug code
• Contribute to feature definition and design
• Examine feature feasibility and estimate development time
• Work with the team to meet project deadlines
  

Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Proficiency with embedded/systems programming skills (C/C++) and scripting languages (e.g. bash, bourne shell, Python)
• Experience with development and debugging on a Linux platform - gcc/g++, revision control systems, build systems, troubleshooting, debugging and profiling tools
• Experience with embedded systems and embedded software development
• Experience with multi-threaded programming
• Knowledge of major network protocols such as TCP, IP, HTTP, Ethernet, ARP, ICMP, UDP as well as typical network device operations such as parsing, classifying, filtering and forwarding traffic
• Knowledge of implementation of network protocols and device driver/network stack internals for Linux and/or other embedded operating systems
• Familiarity with software development methodology best practices and processes such as waterfall, agile, and software release cycles

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Software Engineer (Kernel Development)

United Kingdom

Description

Netronome is a proud member of the Linux kernel community. We have participated in a number of exciting new efforts in the networking stack. Our kernel engineers are also participating in development of embedded products. Netronome is currently seeking Software Engineers. The Software Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, debugging, testing and support of high-performance networking software. Contributions to include embedded and/or system software development.

Responsibilities

The Software Engineer will be expected to work with other software developers and hardware developers at Netronome to design and develop host code and associated drivers (for Netronome SmartNICs) for popular server operating systems e.g. Linux. Most, if not all of the code developed is expected to be submitted upstream to the Linux (or equivalent) kernel mailing lists. The Software Engineer will construct data structure and algorithms; write quality code; explore innovative technical solutions; test and debug code; contribute to feature definition and design; examine feature feasibility and estimate development time; work with team to meet deadlines. Performing any and all such other professional duties or tasks as may be required.

Requirements

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

• Experience working with the upstream community

• Knowledge of major network protocols such as TCP, IP, HTTP, Ethernet, ARP, ICMP, UDP

• Very good understanding of Linux internals

• Experience with CPU and memory architectures

• Experience developing high quality C code

• Experience working on device drivers

• Knowledge of basic bash, Python

• Experience with upstreaming patches preferred

• Experience working with Linux networking stack preferred

• Experience with advanced networking knowledge preferred

• Experience working on Linux-based embedded systems preferred

• Compiler knowledge preferred

• Experience working with complex architectures and heterogeneous systems preferred

• Exposure to eBPF preferred

• Experience working with ARM architecture preferred

Benefits

• Upstream work

• Flat management

• Appreciation for employee initiatives

• Attending conferences

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