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# IP Protocol Engineer

- **Company:** R & R Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, C++ (Programming Language), Embedded Software, Integrated Development Environments, Internet Protocol, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Software Engineering, VxWorks, Dynamic Routing
- **Published:** June 17, 2026
- **Apply:** http://rrstaffing.com/Jobs/rbrowsejobs.nt-60002.html

## About the Role

Development experience with IP routing protocols (RIP/OSPF/BGP
Embedded software development experience

DESIRED:
Familiarity with distributed routing tables
Familiarity with Layer3 Switching ASICs

## Description

Embedded software development for Layer3 switching card:
Primary responsibilities will be porting a layer3 protocol to run in our system environment.
Also responsible for contributing to the development of supporting distributed routing tables.
Software development environment is C/C++ under VxWorks.
Software engineers will have the opportunity to participate in the full development cycle - Design, Develop, and Test.


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