Meet the team
Join the Cisco IIoT team to work on product development for industrial switching and routing solutions that transform industrial operations. The team builds secure, scalable technologies across industrial networking, edge computing, and IoT security, helping customers in manufacturing, energy, transportation, and smart cities improve efficiency through real-time insights. Cisco offers software engineers a unique experience that blends the scale and resources of a global organization with a startup-like culture, strong collaboration, and broad growth opportunities.
Your Impact
- Design and development of IIoT hardware platforms, ensuring seamless integration between hardware and software layers.
- Design and development of control plane and data plane software for Cisco IIOT Wireless products.
- Design and develop low-level software components, including BSP, radio device drivers and kernel modules.
- Analyze requirements and problem statements to come with right software designs and solutions. To be able to write details Design documents and Functional Specifications.
- To Code and Unit Test Software components and modules. It is required to have strong white- box testing and automating skills. Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures
- Work with local and remote teams to review Product Requirements Document, to collaborate on SW Functional and Develop Specifications, Unit and Integration test plans. Also responsible for reviewing test strategy and test plans for Functional and System Test teams.
- To be able to innovate and come up with new ideas that can lead to filing patents and crafting IP value for the company
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors (8-12 years) or Master’s degree(6-10 years) in Computer Science, EE/ECE or related fields.
- Prior work experience with control plane software or data plane software, data structures, Wireless experience (802.11ac/ax/be), Linux/RTOS/Networking OS internals
- Strong understanding of OS (e.g. Linux, RTOS, Unix) and experience working with Linux kernel, device drivers, and BSPs.
- Deep, hands-on expertise in 802.11 radio firmware, and system architecture
- Debug and resolve challenging cross-layer issues (RF, firmware, driver, system)
- Strong understanding and development experience in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite communication systems and architectures.
- Knowledge of Starlink services, user terminals, gateways, and satellite internet connectivity.
- Experience with LTE, 5G NR, cellular gateways, SIM-based connectivity, and wireless communication systems.
- Understanding of satellite-based wireless backhaul architectures.
- Experience in developing software/firmware for networking products.
- Excellent knowledge of software architecture and system design.
- Experience using Traffic generators/Analyzers such as IXIA/Wireshark
- Proficient in writing quality code in C/C++.
- Technical leadership experience in leading high performance teams to provide technical leadership for designing and implementing quality features and solutions.
- Hands on experience with Gen AI assistant technologies, natural language processing (NLP) or Gen AI technologies (OpenAI, Gemini, MCP, Agentic AI etc..)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Significant experience on 802.11 driver development and troubleshooting or LEO, Satellite internet, LTE, Cellular gateway communication and architecture.
- Having hands on development experience on L2, L3, Wireless protocols is a plus.
- Cisco Networking certificates such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE are desirable.
- Experience with AI/ML and Agentic AI framework.
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree (8-12 years) or Master's degree (6-10 years) in Computer Science, EE/ECE or related field
- Prior work experience with control plane software or data plane software and data structures
- Wireless experience (802.11ac/ax/be) and deep expertise in 802.11 radio firmware and system architecture
- Strong understanding of OS (Linux, RTOS, Unix) and experience with Linux kernel, device drivers, BSPs, and kernel modules
- Ability to debug and resolve cross-layer issues across RF, firmware, driver, and system
- Development experience in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite communication systems and architectures
- Knowledge of Starlink services, user terminals, gateways, and satellite internet connectivity
- Experience with LTE, 5G NR, cellular gateways, and SIM-based connectivity
- Understanding of satellite-based wireless backhaul architectures
- Experience developing software/firmware for networking products and strong software architecture/system design skills
- Experience using traffic generators/analyzers such as IXIA and Wireshark
- Proficient in writing quality code in C and C++
- Technical leadership experience leading high-performance teams and delivering quality features
- Hands-on experience with Gen AI assistant technologies, NLP or Gen AI platforms (OpenAI, Gemini, MCP, Agentic AI)
- Significant experience on 802.11 driver development and troubleshooting or LEO/Satellite internet, LTE, cellular gateway communication and architecture
- Hands-on development experience on L2 and L3 wireless protocols
- Cisco networking certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE
- Experience with AI/ML and Agentic AI frameworks
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
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What We Do
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