Principal Engineer

About This Role

This Principal Engineer role involves designing, developing, troubleshooting, and debugging software programs for enhancements and new products. The position requires applying in-depth professional knowledge and innovative ideas to solve complex problems, with contributions that visibly impact product development and customer satisfaction. It suits a candidate who can provide technical leadership for significant projects and contribute to mentorship across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Work with customer-facing teams to understand requirements and translate them into software design
• Develop complex packet forward features in IPv4/IPv6/MPLS, SRv6, EVPN-VxLAN, Multicast, Firewall/Filter, Cos, DHCP, Services areas etc.
• Analyze, debug, and fix complex microkernel/Linux issues
• Enhance Unit Test for Automation
• Continuously drive innovations by working with cross-functional teams to address complex problems
• Assist in solving complex customer issues and queries reported from the field and drive customer satisfaction
• Work on sustaining existing features

Requirements

• A minimum of B.E or BTech from a reputed institution in CS/EE with 15+ years of experience
• Excellent C/C++/Python programming, design, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Strong networking background
• Prior experience with software development on routers, switches is desirable
• Prior experience with datapath ASICs like Broadcom, Mellanox, Innovium, Barefoot, or any other NPU is highly desirable
• Must be playing a strong technical role in the current position
• Exposure to multi-core software architectures
• A clear understanding of the product development cycle, technical requirements with a strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, data structures, and programming practices
• Strong record delivering software projects on-time and with high quality

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing
• Investment in career development with specific programs to help reach career goals

Important Details

• Work format: primarily work from an HPE office

About the Company

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. They help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, to turn insights into outcomes at speed.