Embedded Software Engineering Technical Leader - Military Veterans

Application window is expected to close on 09/20/2024





Who We Are

Be part of the Service provider/Web scale Diagnostic team inside Cisco's Common Hardware Group (CHG). This team works on the CISCO 8000 network switches and routers that features application awareness to make the network infrastructure flexible and agile for multi-layered response to different workloads need of AL/ML.




Who You'll Work With

You will work with a diverse group composed of the brightest problem solvers and innovators in the Diagnostic Software and hardware Teams located in San Jose. The team is responsible for bring-up and mass production of testing software on the next generation of CISCO 8000 products.




What You'll Do

• Embedded software development using Linux system and diagnostics tests suites

• New hardware system bring-up.

• Collaborate with the ASIC team, hardware team, vendors, and manufacturers.

• Help troubleshoot hardware issues in building products.

• Leads and mentors others, and improves the technical design of solutions

• Writes functional clean code and unit tests at a level that sets the standard for coding across teams

• Proactively identifies, prioritizes, and resolves risk and issues in production systems

• Leads postmortems and reviews root cause analysis, ensures on call coverage

Who You Are

You are a self-starter and have a passion for learning technologies as well as troubleshooting and debugging complex systems using diagnostics software. Your coding skills, computer architecture knowledge, good interpersonal skills, critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with your ability to stay focused while working under pressure, make you an outstanding fit for our team.




Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree and 8+ years of related work experience.

• Prior expertise with C or C++ programming languages.

• Prior experience with low-level programming

• Experience in Microcontrollers and embedded peripherals such as I2C, PCIe, SPI, MDIO, etc.

• Experience in a Linux environment.




Preferred Qualifications




• Master's degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree and 6+ years of related work experience.

• Linux kernel device driver development experience.

• Understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 network protocols and technologies such as TCP/IP.

• Experience with Networking ASICs and PHY testing.

• Experience with SSD, USB, NVRAM, or eMMC.

• High speed serdes hardware or software experience




Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

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