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Software Engineer - Industrial Switching and Routing Solutions

Cisco Bangalore senior full-time

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Description

Join the Cisco IIoT team to work on product development for industrial switching and routing solutions that transform industrial operations.

Your Impact

  • Design and develop IIoT hardware platforms, ensuring seamless integration between hardware and software layers.
  • Design and develop control plane and data plane software for Cisco IIOT Wireless products.
  • Design and develop low-level software components, including BSP, radio device drivers, and kernel modules.
  • Analyze requirements and problem statements to come up with the right software designs and solutions.
  • Write detailed design documents and functional specifications.
  • Code and unit test software components and modules, with strong white-box testing and automation skills.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
  • Collaborate with local and remote teams to review product requirements documents, develop specifications, and test plans.
  • Innovate and come up with new ideas that can lead to filing patents and crafting IP value for the company.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, EE/ECE, or related fields.
  • Prior work 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.
  • Deep, hands-on expertise in 802.11 radio firmware and system architecture.
  • Debug and resolve challenging cross-layer issues (RF, firmware, driver, system).
  • 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.
  • Experience in developing software/firmware for networking products.
  • Excellent knowledge of software architecture and system design.
  • Experience using traffic generators/analyzers such as IXIA/Wireshark.
  • Proficient in writing quality code in C/C++.
  • Technical leadership experience in leading high-performance teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Gen AI assistant technologies, natural language processing (NLP), or Gen AI technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Significant experience with 802.11 driver development and troubleshooting or LEO, Satellite internet, LTE, Cellular gateway communication, and architecture.
  • Having hands-on development experience with L2, L3, Wireless protocols is a plus.
  • Cisco Networking certificates such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE are desirable.
  • Experience with AI/ML and Agentic AI framework.

Skills

Required

  • control plane software
  • data plane software
  • wireless experience (802.11ac/ax/be)
  • Linux/RTOS/Networking OS internals
  • OS (Linux, RTOS, Unix)
  • Linux kernel
  • device drivers
  • BSPs
  • 802.11 radio firmware
  • system architecture
  • LEO satellite communication systems
  • Starlink services
  • LTE
  • 5G NR
  • cellular gateways
  • SIM-based connectivity
  • wireless communication systems
  • satellite-based wireless backhaul
  • software/firmware for networking products
  • software architecture
  • system design
  • C/C++
  • Gen AI assistant technologies
  • natural language processing (NLP)
  • Gen AI technologies

Nice to have

  • 802.11 driver development
  • troubleshooting
  • LEO
  • Satellite internet
  • Cellular gateway communication
  • architecture
  • L2
  • L3
  • Wireless protocols
  • Cisco Networking certificates
  • AI/ML
  • Agentic AI framework
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