6 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop software for IIoT hardware platforms, including control-plane and data-plane software for industrial switching and routing products.
- Develop low-level embedded software components such as board support packages, device drivers, and Linux kernel modules.
- Analyze requirements, create software designs, and write detailed design documents and functional specifications.
- Code and unit test software components using white-box testing and automation techniques.
- Triage, debug, and identify root causes for simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
- Develop and validate embedded systems and peripheral interfaces for networking equipment.
- Innovate on solutions that may lead to patents and new intellectual property.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or a related field with 5–8 years of experience, or a master’s degree with 3–6 years of experience.
- Proficiency in C and C++ programming.
- Strong hardware and device-driver development experience, including Linux hardware bring-up.
- Experience with multithreading, event handling, and state-machine implementation.
- Strong understanding of operating systems such as Linux, RTOS, and Unix, including Linux kernel, device-driver, and BSP development.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems using I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO.
- Experience developing software or firmware for networking equipment.
- Experience with traffic generators or analyzers such as IXIA or Sniffer is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI assistant technologies, natural language processing, or generative AI technologies such as OpenAI, Gemini, MCP, and agentic AI.
- Experience with kernel programming, open-source technologies, and kernel debugging tools such as GDB and KGDB is preferred.
- Experience developing and validating peripheral interfaces such as PCI, PCIe, I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, and Ethernet is preferred.
- Cisco networking certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or CCIE are desirable.
- Experience with AI/ML and agentic AI frameworks is preferred.
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.