Embedded Software Engineer | C, Device Driver, Linux ,Multithreading - 10+ years - Bangalore
Cisco1 day ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop BSP and diagnostic software for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
- Design, develop, and test 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 defects across kernel modules and 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 drivers for interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO.
- Preferred qualifications include GDB/KGDB kernel debugging, large-scale high-speed interfaces, network processors, optical networking, Layer 2/3 network protocols, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, SFF, SFP, and QSFP standards.
- Experience with AI/ML and agentic AI frameworks, software quality processes, troubleshooting, debugging, collaborative design, and mentoring 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.