24 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.
- Lead innovation across software, hardware, and technology solutions for Cisco’s product portfolio.
- Provide complex technical consultation and serve as an internal and external technical expert.
- Shape technology and industry trends to support long-term business impact.
- Lead embedded-system board bring-up, validation, and debugging activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 15+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 12+ years of experience.
- Current experience programming in C, C++, and Python for embedded systems.
- 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.
- 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.
- Preferred knowledge of AI/ML, 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.