Job Description
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Meet the Team
The Cisco Wireless Platform team builds the foundational embedded software that powers Cisco’s wireless products. We work closely with hardware, system architecture, test, and product teams to bring up new platforms, enable core subsystems, and deliver reliable, high-performance software at scale. Our work spans platform bring-up, low-level software development, system integration, and product readiness for enterprise wireless solutions.
Your Impact
As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to the development of embedded platform software for Cisco wireless products. You will work on low-level software components, support hardware bring-up and subsystem integration, and help debug and resolve system issues across the development lifecycle.
We’re looking for engineers with strong embedded systems fundamentals, solid programming and debugging skills, and the ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment. We also value candidates who are interested in modern AI-enabled engineering practices and how AI-assisted tools can improve engineering productivity, code quality, and execution speed.
In This Role, You Will
- Contribute to the design, development, debugging, and validation of embedded software for wireless platform products.
- Support the development of low-level platform software, including board support packages, platform services, boot-time initialization, and device-level components.
- Assist with hardware bring-up and subsystem integration for new and existing platforms.
- Investigate software and system issues in embedded Linux environments, working closely with senior engineers to drive resolution.
- Contribute to software quality through code reviews, testing, automation, and continuous integration.
- Collaborate closely with hardware, test, manufacturing, and product engineering teams.
- Apply strong software engineering practices to deliver reliable, maintainable, and production- ready platform software.
Minimum Qualification
- Have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Have up to 1 year of experience in embedded software development through coursework, internships, or industry experience.
- Are proficient in C and C++, with familiarity in Python or shell scripting.
- Have a strong understanding of embedded systems fundamentals, including memory, interrupts, concurrency, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Have a working knowledge of embedded Linux fundamentals.
- Have strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Have strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and contribute in a highly collaborative engineering environment.
- Are interested in AI-enabled engineering practices, including the use of AI-assisted tools for software development, debugging, test automation, and productivity improvement.
Preferred Qualification
- Nice to have: exposure to board bring-up, device drivers, or BSP development through academic projects or internships.
- Nice to have: familiarity with interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, PCIe, or Ethernet.
- Nice to have: exposure to networking fundamentals or wireless technologies.
