Network Software Engineer – Driver Firmware

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

. Influence the strategic direction of our network architecture .

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeBloomington • Minnesota, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $106,000 - $243,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Influence the strategic direction of our network architecture
Implement critical functionality and capabilities in the switch and NIC data plane – including driver development for configuration, control and monitoring of a custom ASICs and creating APIs to interface with the layers above
Develop/implement per requirements with high-performance, resiliency and scalability as the primary considerations
Contribute learning to the larger community via written guidance and presentations
Contribute to the broader HPE/Cray R&D leadership community
Designs enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of systems software
Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required
Writes and executes complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of application; identifies and debugs, and creates solutions for issues with code and integration into application architecture
Leads a project team of other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent
Typically 4-6 years experience
Expertise in multiple software systems design tools and languages
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Designing software systems running on multiple platform types
Software systems testing methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language
Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at management levels.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health & Wellbeing
Personal & Professional Development
Unconditional Inclusion

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Hard Skills & Tools

driver developmentAPI developmentsoftware systems designsoftware systems testing methodologydebuggingtesting plansprogramming changesintegration activitieshigh-performance computingresiliency and scalability

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem solving skillswritten communicationverbal communicationleadershipnegotiation skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Information SystemsMaster's degree in Information Systems