Description
The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco is looking for a Hardware Diagnostic Engineer to join their QUAD (Quality and Diagnostics) team. The team works on Hyperscale network and Enterprise Data Center switches based on Cisco Silicon One ASIC.
As a Hardware Diagnostic Engineer, you will develop diagnostic test suites for Cisco switches on Linux servers using your embedded software development skills. You will work on new hardware system bring-up, collaborate with multi-functional teams, and develop board support packages (BSP) for ASIC bringing up and running SONiC. Additionally, you will support the manufacturing test team for failure analysis to improve product yield and shorten test time.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with at least 8+ years of professional experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 6+ years of professional experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience developing software using C/C++ and/or Python within a Linux environment.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in hardware-level programming and device driver development.
- Demonstrated expertise in Linux hardware bring-up and system integration.
- Proven experience working with microcontrollers and embedded peripherals including: I2C, PCIe, SPI, and MDIO.
Preferred qualifications include:
- 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 testing SSD, USB, NVRAM, or eMMC.
- Experience with troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Familiarity with secure-boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards (SFP, QSFP).
- Experience with software quality processes.
- Experience supporting mass production test.
In terms of compensation, the starting salary range for this position in the U.S. and/or Canada is $186,900.00 to $267,700.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in this position, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.