Embedded Software Engineer

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Be part of the Service provider/Web scale Diagnostic team inside Cisco's Common Hardware Group (CHG). This team works on the CISCO 8000 network switches and routers that features application awareness to make the network infrastructure flexible and agile for multi-layered response to different workloads need of AI/ML.

You will work with a diverse group composed of the brightest problem solvers and innovators in the Diagnostic Software and hardware Teams located in San Jose. The team is responsible for bring-up and mass production of testing software on the next generation of CISCO 8000 products.

*Embedded software development using Linux system and diagnostics tests suite

*New hardware system bring-up.

*Collaborate with the ASIC team, hardware team, vendors, and manufacturers.

*Help troubleshoot hardware issues in building products.

*Performing coding, debugging, testing and troubleshooting throughout the development process under minimal supervision

You are a self-starter and have a passion for learning technologies as well as troubleshooting and debugging complex systems using diagnostics software. Your coding skills, computer architecture knowledge, good interpersonal skills, critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with your ability to stay focused while working under pressure, make you an outstanding fit for our team.

*Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree and 5+ years of related work experience.

*Prior experience with C, C++ programming languages.

*Prior experience in hardware and low-level programming

*Experience in Microcontrollers and embedded peripherals such as I2C, PCIe, SPI, MDIO, etc.

*Experienced programmer in Linux environment.

*Master's degree in computer engineering or computer science or relevant degree and 2+ years of related work experience.

*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 SSD, USB, NVRAM, or eMMC.

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