broadcom
Senior Quality Engineer - Virtual Machine Monitor
At a Glance
- Location
- USA-CA - Promontory B, United States
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Compensation
- ry range for this position is $ 108,000 - $192,000 This position is also eligibl
- Posted
- 2026-03-31
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Automation
- Engineering
Benefits & Perks
s a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision pla
Requirements
This role requires you to possess a deep understanding of processor architecture and low-level OS kernel internals, system software including memory management, resource management, and interrupt architecture. The principal programming language used is python and C on Linux-like platform.
You will work independently and as a member of a team of software engineers to Design, implement and execute test plan against various virtualization features (new CPU enablement, Confidential Computing, Timekeeping, Dynamic passthrough, hardware accelerators, virtual CPU/Memory limit scale-up); write test automation and framework and deploy, maintain CI/CD infrastructure; Analyze and troubleshoot complicated issues during the testing in distributed systems; ensure product quality by find the product defects, support debugging and troubleshooting and follow up to closure.
Proficient coding skills in Python and C on Linux-like platform
6+ years of experience in software development and quality engineering (proven strong automation skill is a big plus)
Knowledge of devops tool like Jenkins, github, review board, JIRA, etc.
Good understanding of the main operating system concepts: CPU, Memory, networking/storage stack, drivers, file systems, I/O hardware, etc.
Responsibilities
The Monitor Group’s principal function is to maintain and develop the virtual CPU and memory aspects of the virtual machine platform that runs guest operating systems.
In the first 6 months, you will be expected to get up to speed with one of the specialization areas, such as new CPU feature enablement, confidential computing, modernization of the monitor architecture, hardware accelerators, power-aware compute or aspects of guest timekeeping.
By year 1 you would be expected to have impactful engineering contributions and enhancements in your area of specialization.
The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.