Linux Device Driver Development Engineer

Who We Are

The Cisco Distributed System Engineering (DSE) group is at the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world. The networking industry is going through a massive transformation to build the next generation infrastructure to meet the needs of AI/ML workloads and continuously increasing internet users and application. We are uniquely positioned to capture that market transition.

Who You'll Work With

This team builds products by harnessing the potential of open-source technologies while pushing the boundaries on Systems and Silicon Architecture. We are looking for developers and leaders who are passionate about tackling sophisticated technology, building large scale distributed systems and comfortable working with open-source communities and technologies. You will be part of a fast-paced work environment and responsible for end-to-end product development and production support.

Who you are

You are curious and a problem solver. You love to learn and grow and work in an environment that is constantly evolving.

You are a self-starter that thrives on learning information quickly and uses resources to research and resolve issues. You are comfortable working with multi-disciplinary, multicultural, and geographically dispersed teams. You are a technologist at heart and a leader in practice that is:

• Knowledgeable in Linux Kernel development with experience designing and building Network Operating Systems

• Diligent with an automation first approach and experience with scripting languages and test frames works

• Passionate about open-source development and contribution

• MS/BS degree in CS/EE/CE or technical equivalent

What you will do

As a Kernel / Device Driver Engineer, you'll join an agile team engaged in the design, development and testing user and kernel space device drivers required for Cisco 8000 platforms. In this role you'll have opportunity to:

• Develop software for various bus architectures including I2C, PCI, SPI, GPIO and kernel components. including hardware device drivers, HWMON and Watchdog

• Develop test framework to validate kernel modules

• Diagnose and resolve issues with drivers at all levels within the kernel driver stack

• Work with custom FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) functions and drivers

• Collaborate with Hardware and Software functional teams to deliver platform infrastructure software

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years embedded software development experience using C, C++ and/or Python or equivalent experience
• 2+ year' experience developing Linux internals including BSP (Board Support Package) or equivalent experience
• 2+ years' experience designing, coding, and testing low-level device drivers or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Hardware architectures including *PCI, PCIe, DMA, I2C, SPI and GPIO

• Processors including x86 and ARM

• MFD/Aux-bus type of approaches to I2C Linux kernel drivers

• Exposure to Debian and or Centos Linux distros

• GIT, Jira, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipeline tools

Why Cisco?

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How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

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