Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Cisco • Milpitas, CA

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About The Position

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco is seeking skilled software engineers to join our Diagnostic/BSP team, responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of our world-class hardware. Our team develops software for Cisco’s network switches and routers, which feature advanced application awareness to build a flexible and agile network infrastructure. These capabilities support multi-layered responses to the diverse workload demands of AI and ML. This is a unique opportunity to grow your technical skill set and gain visibility and recognition across cross-functional teams within Cisco. We value motivated individuals who enjoy solving complex challenges and thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment.
Your Impact
Architect, design, and develop BIOS, BSP, and Diagnostics for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
Design, develop, and test kernel and user space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.
Develop and execute software test plans.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.
Lead technical reviews and discussions across teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 8+ years experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years experience.
• Proficient in C programming.
• Previous experience in hardware and device driver development background, including experience with Linux hardware bring-up.
• Prior experience with Sonic, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and/or Redfish technologies.
• Previous experience in developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers for protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and/or GPIO.

Nice To Haves

• Proficient in kernel debugging tools such as GDB and KGDB.
• Experience with Python
• Prior experience developing software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.
• Experience in troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules to applications.
• Previous experience with collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review.
• Experience with AI/ML.
• Knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols.
• Experience with network processors and optical networking.
• Familiarity with secure-boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards (SFP, QSFP).

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop BIOS, BSP, and Diagnostics for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
• Design, develop, and test kernel and user space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.
• Develop and execute software test plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.
• Lead technical reviews and discussions across teams.

Benefits

• U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level