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Ryan Petersen

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Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom
📍 Santa Rosa, California, United States

Ryan Petersen is a Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom with deep experience in embedded real-time software for telecom and data center network products. A UC San Diego graduate, his expertise is in board bringup, OS, and device drivers. Colleagues consistently describe him as "sharp, " "energetic, " and "thorough. "

His core focus is on foundational SDK architecture and low-level software design for complex networking systems.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Principal Software Engineer
Job Level
Senior
Location
Santa Rosa, California, United States
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Embedded Software Design
His entire career has centered on embedded software for telecom, data center, and multi-media transcoding gateway products.
SDK Architecture
This is his current focus as a Principal Software Engineer at Broadcom, highlighting his senior technical leadership.
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Career

Work history

1-2014
Principal Software Engineer
Broadcom
9-2013 - 1-2014
Sr Staff Engineer- Contract
Broadcom
2-2008 - 9-2013
Network Development Engineer II
Turin Networks/Force10 Networks/Dell
4-2006 - 2-2008
Senior Software Engineer
Dilithium Networks
7-1999 - 4-2006
Senior Software Engineer
Next Level Communications/Motorola Networks
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Education
1994 - 1999
BS
UC San Diego
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