Cisco Embedded Software Engineer 

United States, North Carolina, Cary 

319293397

Who You'll Work With

You’ll collaborate with a dynamic team that develops the full software stack for Silicon One network processors, engaging with the Open Standards community and our esteemed customers to deliver best-in-class routing and switching platforms. You'll also partner with architecture, application, and design teams to define the next generation of ASIC products, all while playing a pivotal role in the emerging fields of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Working alongside subject-matter experts from around the globe, you’ll share a common mission to deliver world-class products—and have fun doing it.

What You’ll Do

You'll develop core software technologies at the heart of tomorrow's leading infrastructure solutions, tackling the entire range of challenges from user-facing APIs, through high-level algorithms, all the way down to firmware. In this role, you will:

• Design and develop software driving the world's most advanced infrastructures, using modern C++ and Python.
• Gain intimate knowledge of world-class silicon and programming models.
• Work closely with hardware engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams to define software requirements and ensure seamless integration with hardware components.
• Conduct unit testing and debugging of embedded software, using various tools and methodologies to identify and resolve issues.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree and 5+ years of related work experience.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python programming languages.
• Experience in the full software development life cycle (SDLC), from requirement gathering and design to implementation, testing, and debugging, all the way through to production.

Preferred Requirements :

• Master’s degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree.
• Knowledge of or hands-on experience with L2 / L3 networking technologies.
• Experience with Open Standard Network Operating Systems and APIs : Silicon SDK development, SONiC, FBOSS, SAI, etc.

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).