Embedded Software Engineer | C, Device Driver, Linux ,Multithreading, I2C,UART, Board bringup - 8 to 12 years - Bangalore
Cisco24 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop board support packages and diagnostics for Cisco core and edge routing products.
- Design, develop, test, debug, and validate kernel and user-space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.
- Develop and execute software test plans.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.
- Troubleshoot software 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 12+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 10+ years of experience.
- Proficiency in C, C++, and Python.
- Strong hardware and device-driver development experience, including Linux hardware bring-up, multithreading, event handling, and state-machine implementation.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers for interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO.
- Preferred qualifications include GDB and KGDB experience, large-scale high-speed interface development, network processor and optical networking experience, Layer 2/3 networking knowledge, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, SFF standards, and AI/ML or Agentic AI framework experience.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, communication, mentoring, and software-quality 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.