Software Engineer

Cisco • Milpitas, CA

3d

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years experience, or Master’s degree.
• Proficient in C, C++, and Python programming.
• Knowledge of hardware and device driver development, including experience with Linux hardware bring-up.
• Knowledge of 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 developing software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot software defects from kernel modules to applications.
• Experience with collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review.
• Commitment to quality, mentoring, and continuous learning in networking, optics, and embedded systems.
• Experience with AI/ML.
• Knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design, and develop BSP, and Diagnostics for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
• Develop, and test kernel and user space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.
• Execute software test plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• grants of Cisco restricted stock units
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
• flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
• performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)

What This Job Offers

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