Your Impact
In this role, you will part of a team of engineers and technical leaders in the design and solutions of software features for control plane and data plane on Cisco’s Silicon One platform products. You will be responsible for benchmarking platforms that will be used to build highly scalable, low power, low latency, dense systems for the ever-demanding AI/ML workloads, internet users and applications. You will use modern AI/ML applications, delve into Silicon One and architecture. As a Principal Engineer, you will be part of requirement discussions with the customer and will work on scoping the feature post-closing the requirements. You will take complete ownership of delivering benchmarking related tasks in a timely manner and with outstanding quality. You will be the gatekeeper of the benchmarking high performance silicon related validation in the domains you own. You will gain intimate knowledge of the Silicon One hardware architecture, software programming models and work with the architecture and hardware teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.
Technical:
In-depth understanding of how networking hardware (ASIC) work and how different features are implemented.
Very good understanding of AI/ML model architectures and their implementations.
Hands-on working knowledge in above areas.
Leadership:
Ability to work with diverse point of view from different background to understand and drive meaningful outcomes.
Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.
Ability to communicate effectively on key technologies in a simplified manner to better lead teams.
Take ownership of key deliverables and keep team on the track.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent field.
- 10+ years of experience in software development or network engineering, with a proven track record of leading complex projects.
- 2+ years of experience in AI/ML application infrastructure and hands on experience in developing/training models.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire teams.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively interact with cross-functional teams.
- Proven ability to think strategically and make sound technical decisions.
- Experience in mentoring and coaching junior engineers.