PCIe Software Engineer

Who Youll Work With
Operating right where hardware meets software the Platform team builds the foundation for our networking ASICs and supporting infrastructure. PCIe software engineers write the code that manages high speed communication between hardware components in our switches. We work with hardware diagnostics and software engineers to maximize bandwidth and improve reliability on the PCIe links.

What Youll Do
As part of this team youll work on projects like:

• Bringing up PCIe links on new hardware designs
• Tuning PCIe parameters on root ports bridges and end points
• Modifying the linux pci drivers and virtual memory allocation
• Using AER and DPC to improve error visibility and resiliency
• Developing userspace software that mediate between networking ASICs FPGAs and PCIe bridges.
• Measuring hardware read and write performance
• Develop automated tests using C C and Python to validate your features.

Qualifications :

• Strong engineering and Computer Science fundamentals.
• 3 years fluency in C or C. Python experience an added bonus.
• Solid understanding of PCIe hardware and software drivers
• PCIe state machine ltssm tlp credit flow control knowledge a plus
• Experience with PCIe switches
• Significant hands-on experience diagnosing problems troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs in low-level firmware

If youre passionate about performance optimizations and enjoy working at the hardware/software boundary the Platform team is a perfect choice!

This is a mid-level software engineer requirement not applicable for fresh graduates or interns.

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Additional Information :

The new hire base pay for this role has a pay range of $95000 to $145000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors including skills qualifications relevant experience and work location.

The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Aristas Sales Incentive Plan which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. Employees are also entitled to benefits including medical dental vision wellbeing income protection and a Group Retirement Savings Plan. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time