{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a7bdf588156e828eaccad990","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a7bdf588156e828eaccad990","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a7bdf588156e828eaccad990","title":"Network Interface Controller (NIC) Architect","description":"Please Note:\n1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job.\n2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply.\nJob Description:\nOverview\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Network Systems Architect to lead the design and development of our next-generation high-performance NICs. In this role, you will define end-to-end hardware and software architectures tailored for AI networking, guiding products from conceptualization and customer requirements through implementation and system verification. You will play a critical role in influencing product strategy, ecosystem engagement, and industry specifications.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine end-to-end hardware/software architectures for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Ultra Ethernet, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and multipath transport.\nArchitect NIC datapaths, offloads, programmable congestion control, load balancing, and multiplane networking.\nTranslate customer, product, and standards requirements into implementable architectures using executable modeling, workload analysis, and silicon-aware tradeoffs.\nDesign and evaluate queue, buffer, and telemetry systems, ensuring memory architectures meet target workloads without requiring post-silicon corrections.\nInterface with programmable logic team help define APIs and trade-offs between different solutions\nDecompose collective-communication libraries (such as NCCL and RCCL) to derive minimum NIC primitives, feature dimensions, and hardware-software interfaces.\nAct as a technical interface to strategic customers to help define solutions.\nDrive multi-vendor convergence and standards development, participating in organizations like the Ultra Ethernet Consortium or Open Compute Project.\nInfluence product strategy, technical roadmaps, and cross-organizational engineering teams without direct management authority.\nCore Requirements\nEducation: MS or Ph.D. in Engineering, Computing, or a closely related discipline.\nExperience: 16+ years of dedicated experience in high-performance Network Interface Controller (NIC) and network-system architecture.\nProtocol Expertise: Deep understanding of RDMA transports, congestion control algorithms, dynamic connection management, and multipath packet spraying.\nHardware/Software Co-Design: Extensive background in FPGA/ASIC systems, direct memory access, and defining firmware/driver interfaces.\nLeadership: Proven track record of cross-organizational decision-making and guiding hardware, software, firmware, and verification engineers through implementation.\nActive participation or leadership in network standardization bodies (e.g., Ultra Ethernet Transport Software Working Group).\nExperience defining composable hardware/software plug-in architectures or programmable packet-processing pipelines.\nA strong portfolio of issued patents, academic publications, or technical reports related to network systems.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\n\nThe annual base salary range for this position is USD 200,000.00 To USD 320,000.00\n\nAs a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.\n\nBroadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.\n\nBroadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.\n\nIf you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.","company":"Broadcom","rawCompany":"broadcom","city":"San Jose","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T11:31:56.233Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1241.00","title":"Computer Network Architects","slug":"computer-network-architects"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"},{"code":"334413","title":"Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing","slug":"semiconductor-and-related-device-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Network Interface Controller (NIC) Architect","description":"Please Note:\n1. If you are a first time user, please create your candidate login account before you apply for a job.\n2. If you already have a Candidate Account, please Sign-In before you apply.\nJob Description:\nOverview\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Network Systems Architect to lead the design and development of our next-generation high-performance NICs. In this role, you will define end-to-end hardware and software architectures tailored for AI networking, guiding products from conceptualization and customer requirements through implementation and system verification. You will play a critical role in influencing product strategy, ecosystem engagement, and industry specifications.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine end-to-end hardware/software architectures for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Ultra Ethernet, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and multipath transport.\nArchitect NIC datapaths, offloads, programmable congestion control, load balancing, and multiplane networking.\nTranslate customer, product, and standards requirements into implementable architectures using executable modeling, workload analysis, and silicon-aware tradeoffs.\nDesign and evaluate queue, buffer, and telemetry systems, ensuring memory architectures meet target workloads without requiring post-silicon corrections.\nInterface with programmable logic team help define APIs and trade-offs between different solutions\nDecompose collective-communication libraries (such as NCCL and RCCL) to derive minimum NIC primitives, feature dimensions, and hardware-software interfaces.\nAct as a technical interface to strategic customers to help define solutions.\nDrive multi-vendor convergence and standards development, participating in organizations like the Ultra Ethernet Consortium or Open Compute Project.\nInfluence product strategy, technical roadmaps, and cross-organizational engineering teams without direct management authority.\nCore Requirements\nEducation: MS or Ph.D. in Engineering, Computing, or a closely related discipline.\nExperience: 16+ years of dedicated experience in high-performance Network Interface Controller (NIC) and network-system architecture.\nProtocol Expertise: Deep understanding of RDMA transports, congestion control algorithms, dynamic connection management, and multipath packet spraying.\nHardware/Software Co-Design: Extensive background in FPGA/ASIC systems, direct memory access, and defining firmware/driver interfaces.\nLeadership: Proven track record of cross-organizational decision-making and guiding hardware, software, firmware, and verification engineers through implementation.\nActive participation or leadership in network standardization bodies (e.g., Ultra Ethernet Transport Software Working Group).\nExperience defining composable hardware/software plug-in architectures or programmable packet-processing pipelines.\nA strong portfolio of issued patents, academic publications, or technical reports related to network systems.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\n\nThe annual base salary range for this position is USD 200,000.00 To USD 320,000.00\n\nAs a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.\n\nBroadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.\n\nBroadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.\n\nIf you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.","datePosted":"2026-08-08T11:31:56.233Z","dateModified":"2026-08-08T11:31:56.233Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broadcom","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"San Jose","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"a7bdf588156e828eaccad990"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a7bdf588156e828eaccad990"}}