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Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and develop 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.
- Debug prototypes and validate software in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Develop and debug embedded systems and device drivers for I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO protocols.
- Troubleshoot defects from kernel modules through applications and contribute to system design, specifications, and requirements reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 7+ years of experience.
- Proficiency in C, C++, and Python.
- Strong hardware, device-driver, Linux hardware bring-up, multithreading, event-handling, and state-machine implementation experience.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers.
- Preferred experience with GDB and KGDB kernel debugging tools, large-scale high-speed interfaces, network processors, optical networking, and software development from concept through delivery.
- Preferred knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols, AI/ML, agentic AI frameworks, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards including SFP and QSFP.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, communication, software quality, mentoring, and collaborative system-design skills.
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.