5 days ago
Base Salary
$187k - $268k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and develop BIOS, BSP, and diagnostics 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.
- Lead technical reviews and discussions across teams.
- Troubleshoot and debug software defects from kernel modules through applications.
- Contribute to system design, specifications, requirements reviews, mentoring, and software quality processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 10+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 8+ years of experience.
- Experience programming in C, C++, and Python.
- Hardware and device-driver development experience, including Linux hardware bring-up.
- Experience with Sonic, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and/or Redfish.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers using protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and/or GPIO.
- Proficiency with kernel debugging tools such as GDB and KGDB.
- Experience developing software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.
- Experience with network processors, optical networking, AI/ML, secure boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards such as SFP and QSFP is preferred.
- Knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols and strong troubleshooting, debugging, communication, and software quality skills.
Benefits
- The posted starting salary range is $186,900.00 to $267,700.00, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid parental leave, disability coverage, basic life insurance, paid holidays, vacation or flexible time off, sick time, volunteer time, wellness days, and other paid leave.
- Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock units and annual bonuses subject to company 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.