Embedded Software Engineering Technical Leader at 555 Cisco Systems International B.V.

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 29, 2026

Description

Cisco’s Common Hardware Group is seeking a Software Engineer for its Diagnostic/BSP team to develop BIOS, BSP, diagnostics, and device drivers for Cisco’s Core and Edge routing products. The role involves testing, debugging, validating embedded systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to software, hardware, and technology solutions. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree with 14+ years of experience or a master’s degree with 12+ years of experience, along with C, C++, Python, embedded systems, hardware bring-up, and device-driver development experience.

Required Skills

C
C++
Python
Device drivers
Linux bring-up
Multi-threading
Event handling
State machines
I2C
SPI
UART
PCIe
GPIO
GDB
KGDB

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or a master’s degree in a related field
Required Previous Experiences: Current experience in C, C++, and Python programming for embedded systems
Prior experience in hardware and device driver development, including Linux hardware bring-up, multi-threading, event handling, and state machine implementation
Prior experience with Sonic, ONIE, BMC, IPMI, and/or Redfish technologies
Prior experience developing, debugging, and validating embedded systems using I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and GPIO
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with kernel debugging tools such as GDB and KGDB
Experience leading board bring-up, validation, and debugging of embedded systems
Ability to develop software from concept through delivery for large-scale, high-bandwidth systems
Experience troubleshooting software defects from kernel modules to applications
Experience in collaborative system design, specification writing, and requirements review
AI/ML experience and knowledge of Layer 2/3 network protocols, network processors, optical networking, secure-boot, open-source tools, CMIS, and SFF standards