8 days ago
Base Salary
$251k - $363k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop BIOS, BSP, diagnostics, and embedded software for Cisco core and edge routing products.
- Design, develop, test, debug, and validate device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.
- Develop and execute software test plans and collaborate on prototype debugging and software validation.
- Lead or contribute to board bring-up, embedded-system validation, troubleshooting, and requirements review.
- Provide expert technical consultation internally and externally and influence technology direction and networking industry trends.
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.
- 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 qualifications include GDB and KGDB experience, embedded board bring-up and validation leadership, kernel-to-application troubleshooting, collaborative system design, and knowledge of AI/ML, Layer 2/3 networking protocols, network processors, optical networking, secure boot, CMIS, and SFF standards such as SFP and QSFP.
Benefits
- Starting salary range is $250,600.00 to $362,600.00, with additional location-specific ranges listed for certain U.S. states and metropolitan areas.
- Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, paid parental leave, disability coverage, basic life insurance, and potential restricted stock units.
- Paid time off includes holidays, birthday leave, year-end shutdown, wellness days, vacation or flexible vacation, sick time, family emergency leave, and optional volunteer days.
- Non-sales employees may be eligible for annual bonuses subject to Cisco policies.
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.