Embedded Wireless Software Engineer – (G8)

Job description

Meet the Team 

The Cisco Wireless Feature & System Engineering team builds end-to-end wireless capabilities across access points, controllers, and cloud-managed platforms. We design features that span device software, control planes, and management systems to deliver seamless, secure, and high-performance enterprise Wi-Fi.

 Your Impact 

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design and develop software features for wireless access points, working across system components and collaborating with platform, radio, and QA teams. You will own features end-to-end and contribute to system integration and performance.

We’re looking for engineers with strong software fundamentals and a growing understanding of system-level behavior in networking and wireless systems.

 In this role:

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software features in C/C++
• Own features from design through development, testing, and integration
• Debug issues across system layers (application, networking, OS)
• Collaborate with platform, radio, and QA teams to deliver integrated solutions
• Analyze system behavior, logs, and performance metrics
• Contribute to improving software quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality

Minimum Qualifications

• Have MS + ~3 years or BS + ~5 years of experience in embedded/software development
• Strong programming skills in C/C++
• Good understanding of Linux systems and operating system fundamentals
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L2/L3 basics)
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