Software Engineer, Embedded

Infrastructure Engineer

This is a hybrid role located in Milpitas CA. Candidates should be available in office 3-4 days per week.

Cisco's Silicon One™ architecture is transforming the economics of high-performance networking. The Cygnus BSP group sits at the foundation of the software stack, close to the silicon, turning advanced ASICs into production-ready platforms.

If you enjoy developing new infrastructure, register-level programming, timing-critical bring-up, and AI-driven development, you'll fit right in.

Your Impact

• Own platform and system infrastructure for multiple Cygnus-based platforms, from first power-on through full system launch.
• Design and implement customer-required platform features.
• Develop applications and critical infrastructure improvements for Cygnus-based platforms.
• Build robust diagnostics, counters, and telemetry hooks to replace fragile one-off scripts.
• Integrate code into CI/CD pipelines and at-scale automation to keep bring-up cycles fast, repeatable, and auditable.
• Debug initialization and bring-up issues using on-chip traces, lab instrumentation, and custom tools.
• Partner with vendors, ASIC architects, hardware designers, and NOS/platform teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and help embrace engineering best practices across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field with 5 years of experience; Master's degree with 3+ years; or PhD with 0+ years of related experience.
• Experience with high-performance networking and embedded systems.
• Demonstrative C/C++ development skills, with Python experience for tooling, automation, and test development.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex, timing-dependent bring-up issues in lab environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with, or deep understanding of, Linux Kernel Modules (KLMs) and user-space drivers.
• Familiarity with Linux kernel architecture, driver development, and debugging.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools for code generation, test creation, debug, or productivity improvement.