21 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop BIOS, BSP, and diagnostic software for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
- Design, develop, and test device drivers for FPGA and high-speed networking peripherals.
- Develop and execute software test plans.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.
- Drive software, hardware, and technology solutions across Cisco’s product portfolio.
- Provide complex technical consultation and act as an internal and external subject-matter expert.
- Shape technology and industry trends to support Cisco’s long-term product and business impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 14+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 12+ years of experience.
- Current experience programming embedded systems in C, C++, and Python.
- Experience with hardware and device-driver development, Linux hardware bring-up, multithreading, event handling, and state-machine implementation.
- Experience with Layer 2/3 network protocols, network processors, optical networking, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards including SFP and QSFP.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems using I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO.
- Preferred experience with GDB and KGDB kernel debugging tools.
- Preferred experience leading board bring-up, validation, and embedded-system debugging.
- Preferred ability to develop software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.
- Preferred experience troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules through applications.
- Preferred experience with collaborative system design, specification writing, requirements review, and AI/ML or AI-native development.
About Cisco
Cisco designs and sells networking, security, and collaboration platforms for enterprises, service providers, and governments, spanning routers and switches, Wi‑Fi, firewalls, zero‑trust, observability, and cloud-managed IT (Meraki) plus Webex. Its business model mixes hardware, software subscriptions, and support/consulting services. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Cisco is a public company traded on Nasdaq and serves customers across data centers, campuses, and service provider networks.