# Software Engineer - Diagnostic/BSP Team

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Milpitas, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $167,700.00 - $245,200.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco is seeking skilled software engineers to join our Diagnostic/BSP team, responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of our world-class hardware.

Our team develops software for Cisco’s network switches and routers, which feature advanced application awareness to build a flexible and agile network infrastructure. These capabilities support multi-layered responses to the diverse workload demands of AI and ML.

This is a unique opportunity to grow your technical skill set and gain visibility and recognition across cross-functional teams within Cisco. We value motivated individuals who enjoy solving complex challenges and thrive in a collaborative, innovative environment.

**Your Impact**

- Architect, design, and develop BIOS, BSP, and Diagnostics for Cisco Core and Edge routing products.

- Design, develop, and test kernel and user space device drivers for FPGA and networking peripherals.

- Develop and execute software test plans.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to debug prototypes and validate software.

- Lead technical reviews and discussions across teams.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 7+ years experience, or Master’s degree with 4+ years experience.

- Proficient in C programming.

- Previous experience in hardware and device driver development background, including experience with Linux hardware bring-up.

- Prior experience with Sonic, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and/or Redfish technologies.

- Previous experience in developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems and device drivers for protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and/or GPIO.

**Preferred Skills**

- Proficient in kernel debugging tools such as GDB and KGDB.

- Experience with Python.

- Prior experience developing software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems.

- Experience in troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules to applications.

- Previous experience with collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review.

- Experience with AI/ML.

- Knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols.

- Experience with network processors and optical networking.

- Familiarity with secure-boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards (SFP, QSFP).

**Benefits**

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

- Paid parental leave.

- Short and long-term disability coverage.

- Basic life insurance.

- Paid time away (vacation, holidays, sick time).

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

**Salary Information**

- The starting salary range posted for this position is $167,700.00 to $245,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- C programming
- Linux hardware bring-up
- Sonic
- ONIE
- BMC
- IPMI
- Redfish
- I2C
- SPI
- UART
- PCIe
- GPIO

### Nice to have
- kernel debugging tools
- Python
- large-scale systems
- troubleshooting
- collaborative system design
- AI/ML
- Layer 2/3 network protocols
- network processors
- optical networking
- secure-boot
- open-source tools
- CMIS
- SFF standards

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