Hybrid Senior Staff Platform Engineer

at Gigamon

• Job title: Senior Staff Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Linux
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Mexico City, Mexico

About the role

• Senior Staff Platform Engineer specializing in embedded systems and networking hardware at Gigamon. Leading technical design and embedded product development in a hybrid work setting.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work arrangements
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities