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Sr. Staff Platform Engineer

Engineering Santa Clara, California

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Description

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.
 
As a Senior Staff Platform Engineer specializing in embedded systems and networking hardware, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and delivering next-generation solutions for Gigamon’s hardware platforms. You will join a high-impact engineering team responsible for the full lifecycle of embedded product development, from initial hardware bring-up to robust software integration. Your expertise will directly influence the reliability, security, and performance of our products, while your leadership will help shape technical direction and mentor the next generation of engineers.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead the technical design and bring-up of complex embedded systems, including hardware-software interface definition, board bring-up planning, and system-level debugging.
  • Architect, develop, and optimize low-level software in C for performance-sensitive, resource-constrained environments.
  • Design, implement, and debug bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot) and system firmware (e.g., BIOS) for multiple architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS), ensuring secure and reliable boot processes.
  • Drive Linux kernel integration, including development of device drivers and subsystems, and maintain custom drivers for peripherals (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe).
  • Enhance and debug the Linux networking stack, contribute to open-source initiatives (such as ONIE and OpenBMC), and lead the design and implementation of BMC firmware.
  • Architect and maintain embedded Linux build systems (e.g., Yocto, Buildroot) and adapt enterprise distributions (e.g., Rocky Linux) for custom hardware platforms.
  • Collaborate with security teams to implement platform security features and manage Hardware Root of Trust (HROT).
  • Guide development and debugging efforts involving networking silicon (Broadcom, Marvell), high-speed SerDes, optical modules, and Layer 1 components.
  • Conduct rigorous code reviews, mentor engineers, and drive best practices in agile development environments.

What you’ve done:

  • Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science (or equivalent).
  • Accumulated 10+ years of professional experience in software design and development for hardware networking products.
  • Demonstrated expertise in embedded systems, board bring-up, and debugging with lab equipment (logic analyzers, trace32, BIOS/CPLD tools).
  • Developed and ported bootloaders and system firmware for Intel x86, ARM, and MIPS architectures.
  • Built and maintained embedded Linux distributions using Yocto and Buildroot; packaged and deployed custom solutions.
  • Mastered Linux kernel internals, including device driver development, memory management, and process scheduling.
  • Designed and debugged drivers for a wide range of devices and high-speed interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, SerDes, Ethernet/PCIe PHYs).
  • Worked directly with networking switch silicon from major vendors (Broadcom, Marvell), including Trident 4, Tomahawk, and CN9XXX series.
  • Led BMC architecture and firmware development, with deep knowledge of OpenBMC, IPMI, and Redfish standards.
  • Implemented embedded security features, including Hardware Root of Trust (HROT).

Who you are:

  • A technical leader with a passion for architecting robust, scalable embedded solutions and driving cross-functional teams toward success.
  • An analytical problem-solver who thrives on tackling complex, system-level challenges and performing root cause analysis.
  • A mentor and collaborator who fosters growth in others, conducts thorough code reviews, and promotes engineering best practices.
  • An effective communicator, able to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Adaptable and proactive, continuously seeking to improve processes and deliver high-quality results in a dynamic, agile environment.

 

The base salary compensation range targeted for this role is $164,000 - $205,000, with an opportunity to earn an annual bonus or commission (subject to the terms and conditions of the plan). This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on the Company’s compensation practices.

 
 

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, and/or local law. For more information, please refer to Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at (669) 240-2248.

If your experience and skills closely match our job description but may not necessarily fulfill all requirements, please still apply. Gigamon is on a continued mission to grow and scale an innovative organization. We believe this is best achieved by hiring, celebrating, and respecting people with diverse backgrounds, skills, perspectives, and experiences.

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