Firmware Engineer 2

Job Title

Firmware Engineer 2

Role Summary

Join Broadcom's Data Center Solutions Group embedded storage systems team to design, implement, and debug low-level firmware for storage controllers. The role emphasizes RAID functionality on ARM-based microprocessors and involves cross-functional collaboration across hardware, validation, and product teams.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 2+ years of related firmware or embedded systems experience.

Responsibilities

Work across the full firmware development lifecycle to deliver and support storage product features.

• Develop and maintain firmware for storage products.
• Implement and test features for products using PCIe, NVMe, and/or SAS/SATA protocols.
• Support product validation, firmware releases, and integration with hardware and validation teams.
• Collect and analyze logs to root-cause functional, performance, and data-integrity issues.
• Participate in design and implementation reviews for storage features.
• Troubleshoot low-level firmware/hardware interactions using DSTREAM and logic analyzers.

Requirements

Key technical skills and experience required or strongly preferred.

• Must-have: Strong programming skills in C; experience with embedded processors (ARM).
• Must-have: Practical experience with storage protocols or firmware for PCIe, NVMe, and/or SAS/SATA.
• Must-have: Experience debugging firmware/hardware interactions and analyzing logs to resolve functional and data-integrity issues.
• Must-have: Experience across firmware development lifecycle and collaborating with hardware/validation teams.
• Must-have: Experience using AI/LLM-based tools in an embedded firmware workflow (code generation, review, debugging, test-case generation, or documentation).
• Nice-to-have: Assembly language familiarity.
• Nice-to-have: Direct experience with RAID functionality and storage controller design.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (CS), Computer/Electrical Engineering (ECE/EE) plus 2+ years of related experience, or a Master’s degree in CS, ECE, or EE.

About the Company

Company: Broadcom

Headquarters: Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. The company is known for its innovations in wireless and broadband communications, enabling a connected world.