# Software Engineering Technical Leader - 12+yrs - C/C++, Wireless, Linux/RTOS/Networking OS internals

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Bangalore, India
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the Cisco IIOT team in product development for Industrial IOT switching and routing products that transforms industrial operations.

In this pivotal role, you will drive the design and development of next-generation Control Plane and Data Plane software for Cisco's groundbreaking Networking and Network Security Platforms.

Responsibilities:

- Design and development of IIoT hardware platforms, ensuring seamless integration between hardware and software layers.

- Strong understanding and development experience in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite communication systems and architectures.

- Knowledge of Starlink services, user terminals, gateways, and satellite internet connectivity.

- Experience with LTE, 5G NR, cellular gateways, SIM-based connectivity, and wireless communication systems.

- Understanding of satellite-based wireless backhaul architectures.

- Design and development of control plane and data plane software for Cisco IIOT Switching, Routing products.

- Design and develop low-level software components, including BSP, device drivers and kernel modules.

- Analyse requirements and problem statements to come with right software designs and solutions.

- To Code and Unit Test Software components and modules.

- Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.

- Work with local and remote teams to review Product Requirements Document, to collaborate on SW Functional and Design Specifications, Unit and Integration test plans.

- To be able to innovate and come up with new ideas that can lead to filing patents and creating IP value for the company.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelors (12-15 years) or Master’s degree(10-15 years) in Computer Science, EE/ECE or related fields.

- Experience with control plane software or data plane software, data structures, Wireless experience (802.11ac/ax/be), Linux/RTOS/Networking OS internals.

- Strong understanding of OS (e.g. Linux, RTOS, Unix) and experience working with Linux kernel, device drivers, and BSPs.

- Proficient in writing quality code in C/C++.

- Experience in developing software/firmware for networking products.

- Excellent knowledge of software architecture and system design.

- Experience using Traffic generators/Analyzers such as IXIA/Sniffer is a plus.

- Technical leadership experience in leading high performance teams to provide technical leadership for designing and implementing quality features and solutions.

- Hands on experience with Gen AI assistant technologies, natural language processing (NLP) or Gen AI technologies (OpenAI, Gemini, MCP, Agentic AI etc..)

Benefits:

- Opportunities for growth and learning

- Collaborative and dynamic work environment

- Access to cutting-edge technologies

- Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++
- Wireless
- Linux/RTOS/Networking OS internals
- LEO satellite communication systems
- Starlink services
- LTE
- 5G NR
- cellular gateways
- SIM-based connectivity
- wireless communication systems
- satellite-based wireless backhaul architectures
- control plane software
- data plane software
- data structures
- Wireless experience (802.11ac/ax/be)
- Linux kernel
- device drivers
- BSPs
- software architecture
- system design
- Traffic generators/Analyzers
- Gen AI assistant technologies
- natural language processing (NLP)

### Nice to have
- debugging and verification methodologies
- L2, L3 protocols
- Cisco Networking certificates (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE)

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