Principal Network Simulation Engineer - VLSI

Job Title

Principal Network Simulation Engineer - VLSI

Role Summary

Lead simulation development for network interface controllers (NICs), switches, and system-level architectures to evaluate performance, scalability, and fault tolerance. Work on a distributed engineering team interfacing with network architects, ASIC designers, and software engineers to validate and optimize future hardware/software co-designs.

Position is remote/teleworker and focuses on building reliable, high-fidelity simulation tools and analysis workflows that inform architectural trade-offs.

Experience Level

Senior (Principal) — 10+ years of relevant experience in network/system simulation, architecture analysis, or related areas.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include designing and executing simulation studies and producing actionable analysis.

• Design and implement simulation models for NICs, switches, and system architectures.
• Create simulation motifs and scenarios to reproduce realistic network traffic and failures.
• Develop tooling for performance analysis, visualization, and result reproducibility.
• Evaluate performance, scalability, and fault tolerance of proposed architectures and recommend optimizations.
• Apply software engineering best practices to ensure reliable, maintainable simulation code.
• Collaborate with architects, ASIC designers, and software teams to translate requirements into simulation experiments.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate contribution.

• Extensive experience building simulation models and frameworks (C++ preferred).
• Proficiency in data analysis and scripting (Python) for metrics extraction and visualization.
• Strong understanding of network architecture and system-level design, including NIC/switch behavior.
• Proven ability to analyze architectural trade-offs and recommend optimizations.
• Experience with performance, scalability, and fault-tolerance evaluation.
• Software engineering practices: version control, testing, and reproducible experiments.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate technical results to stakeholders.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Headquarters: Spring, TX, United States

Global enterprise technology company delivering hybrid cloud, edge-to-cloud platforms, servers, storage, networking, and IT services to help organizations build, run, and secure applications and infrastructure at scale.