Arista Networks

PCIe Software Engineer

Arista Networks$123K — $191K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

  • Bring up PCIe links on new hardware designs.
  • Tune PCIe parameters on root ports, bridges, and endpoints.
  • Modify Linux PCI drivers and manage virtual memory allocation.
  • Use AER and DPC to improve error visibility and resiliency.
  • Develop userspace software mediating between networking ASICs, FPGAs, and PCIe bridges.
  • Measure hardware read and write performance.
  • Develop automated tests using C, C++, and Python to validate features.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Wellbeing programs.
  • Tax savings options.
  • Income protection policies.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Who You'll 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 You'll Do
As part of this team, you'll 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 you're passionate about performance optimizations and enjoy working at the hardware/software boundary, the Platform team is a perfect choice!

Compensation Information

The new hire base pay for this role has a pay range of $123,000 to $191,000.

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 Arista's Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location

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Additional Information

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-frequency trading environments. Arista Networks was founded in 2004 by former Cisco Systems engineers and is led by CEO Jayshree Ullal. The company went public in 2014 and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ANET.
Learn more about Arista Networks
Size
2,993 employees
Market Cap
$36.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$634.5 million
Founded
2004
5 Year Trend
+21.2%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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