17 days ago
Base Salary
$211k - $305k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, develop, and test BIOS, BSP, diagnostics, kernel software, and user-space device drivers for Cisco routing products.
- Develop device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals using interfaces and protocols such as I2C, MDIO, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO.
- Create and execute software test plans and collaborate on prototype debugging, validation, and defect resolution.
- Lead board bring-up, embedded-system validation, technical reviews, system design, specification writing, and requirements reviews.
- Guide software development from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems and mentor engineering teams.
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.
- Experience with Sonic, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and Redfish.
- Strong hardware, embedded software, Linux hardware bring-up, and device-driver development experience.
- Expertise in multithreading, event handling, state machines, kernel debugging, GDB, and KGDB.
- Knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols, network processors, optical networking, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards such as SFP and QSFP is desired.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, communication, software-quality, collaboration, and mentoring skills.
- AI/ML experience is desired.
Benefits
- U.S. employees may receive medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) with company matching; paid parental leave; disability coverage; basic life insurance; paid holidays; vacation or flexible time off; sick time; wellness days; volunteer time; and other paid leave.
- Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company policies.
- The listed starting salary range for U.S. and/or Canada locations is $210,600.00 to $305,100.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
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.