At Cisco, our Wireless and Smart Spaces engineering teams deliver enterprise-grade connectivity and intelligence to a world that depends on always-on infrastructure. We innovate across access points, wireless controllers, and cloud-managed systems to simplify IT and enable rich digital experiences in offices, campuses, hospitals, stadiums, and beyond!
The Smart Spaces group powers next-generation access point features and services with a strong focus on performance, scale, and security.
About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building high-performance embedded software for Cisco’s wireless platforms. Your focus will be on software development — crafting, designing, implementing, and optimizing features across the wireless stack and contributing to platform capabilities.
You will collaborate across hardware, firmware, and cloud teams and bring a software-first mentality to solving real-world wireless challenges. Experience with Generative AI-assisted coding tools will help you accelerate development and improve engineering impact.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain robust embedded software for wireless platforms (access points, controllers).
Work on platform bring-up, kernel modules, network features, protocol stacks, and performance improvements.
Own and deliver software components across the full development lifecycle — from architecture to production deployment.
Leverage Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cursor) to improve efficiency, accelerate prototyping, and promote code quality.
Collaborate with hardware, test, and cloud teams to ensure flawless integration and performance across the system.
(Optional) Contribute to automated validation frameworks and test tools to support CI/CD and system integration testing.
Required Skills
7+ years of experience in embedded or systems software development
Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python
Deep knowledge of Linux, networking (TCP/IP), and wireless protocol behavior
Experience developing software for networking products, embedded platforms, or system-level services
Familiarity with build systems, kernel modules, or driver integration
Consistent track record to adopt and use Generative AI tools optimally for development and debugging
Strong analytical skills with a focus on design correctness, performance, and maintainability
Excellent teamwork and communication across multi-disciplinary teams
Bonus points for:
In-depth understanding of 802.11/Wi-Fi standards, radio drivers, or wireless security
Experience with data path optimization, network stack tuning, or real-time performance
Exposure to test automation, CI/CD pipelines, or system validation
Background in cloud-connected or controller-managed wireless solutions
Experience trouble shooting hardware/software interaction at the platform level
Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you!
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