29 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop IIoT hardware platforms and integrate hardware and software layers.
- Develop control-plane and data-plane software for IIoT wireless products.
- Build low-level software including BSPs, radio device drivers, and kernel modules.
- Analyze requirements, create software designs, and write design documents and functional specifications.
- Code, unit test, automate white-box testing, triage defects, debug software bring-up, and investigate customer failures.
- Collaborate on product requirements, software specifications, unit and integration test plans, and functional and system test strategies.
- Provide technical leadership for designing and implementing product features and solutions.
- Develop innovations that may result in patents and other intellectual property.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field with 8–12 years of experience, or a master’s degree with 6–10 years of experience.
- Experience with control-plane or data-plane software, data structures, 802.11ac/ax/be wireless, and Linux, RTOS, or networking OS internals.
- Strong understanding of operating systems and hands-on experience with the Linux kernel, device drivers, and BSPs.
- Deep hands-on expertise in 802.11 radio firmware and system architecture.
- Experience debugging and resolving cross-layer RF, firmware, driver, and system issues.
- Development experience with LEO satellite communication systems, Starlink services, user terminals, gateways, and satellite internet connectivity.
- Experience with LTE, 5G NR, cellular gateways, SIM-based connectivity, satellite wireless backhaul, and wireless communication systems.
- Experience developing software or firmware for networking products and strong software architecture and system-design knowledge.
- Experience using traffic generators or analyzers such as IXIA and Wireshark.
- Proficiency writing production-quality C/C++ code.
- Technical leadership experience guiding high-performing teams.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI assistant technologies, NLP, or generative AI technologies such as OpenAI, Gemini, MCP, or Agentic AI.
- Preferred: significant experience with 802.11 driver development, LEO or satellite internet, LTE, cellular gateway communication and architecture, L2/L3 wireless protocols, Cisco networking certifications, and AI/ML or Agentic AI frameworks.
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.