Embedded Software Engineer - 4 to 8 years
Cisco (company site, opens in a new tab)4–8 yrsBengaluruHybridDirect career pageEst. 20–35 LPA
Posted 22h ago
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About This Role
- Design, develop, and test board support packages (BSP) and diagnostics for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.
- Develop and maintain kernel and user space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals, including Linux hardware bring-up.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes, validate software, and execute software test plans.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years experience, or Master’s degree with 2+ years experience.
- Proficient in C, C++, and Python programming languages.
- Strong experience in hardware and device driver development, including Linux hardware bring-up, multi-threading, event handling, and state machine implementation.
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers for protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and/or GPIO.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in developing software for large-scale, high-bandwidth embedded systems with a strong hardware interaction focus.
- Comfortable with kernel debugging tools (e.g., GDB, KGDB) and troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules to applications.
- Familiar with collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review in complex networking or embedded system environments.