Embedded Software Engineering Sr. Technical Leader | C, C++, BSP, SONiC, Device Driver, Linux, Kernel | 12 + years
Cisco3 days 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 long-term 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 SONiC, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and/or Redfish.
- 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.
- Ability to develop software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.
- Experience troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules through applications.
- Experience with collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review.
- AI/ML experience and knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols, network processors, optical networking, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards including SFP and QSFP.
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.