Software Engineer

Cisco · Bengaluru · 3+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-03

Tech stack: C, C++

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About the role

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.
Responsibilities:
- As a Wireless Radio Software Engineer, you will own development and integration of radio firmware and driver components, enable Wi-Fi features and ensuring system-level performance and reliability.
- Design and implement radio firmware and driver features, Wi-Fi feature development and integration, Debug complex issues across firmware, driver, and system layers, Analyze RF behavior, packet flows, and protocol interactions, Work closely with chipset vendors to resolve firmware/driver issues, Contribute to system-level validation and performance optimization, Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, debugging, and analysis
Qualifications:
- Have MS + ~3 years or BS + ~5 years of experience
- Strong C/C++ programming skills
- Good understanding of 802.11 protocols and wireless features
- Experience with driver or firmware-level development
- Ability to debug across multiple layers (firmware → driver → system)
- Strong understanding of networking and packet-level behavior
- Can own features development end-to-end
- Experience with Qualcomm/Broadcom/MediaTek platforms
- Experience with packet capture, RF debugging, or performance tuning
- Exposure to upstream driver contributions
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Qualifications

- Have MS + ~3 years or BS + ~5 years of experience
- Strong C/C++ programming skills
- Good understanding of 802.11 protocols and wireless features
- Experience with driver or firmware-level development
- Ability to debug across multiple layers (firmware → driver → system)
- Strong understanding of networking and packet-level behavior
- Can own features development end-to-end
- Experience with Qualcomm/Broadcom/MediaTek platforms
- Experience with packet capture, RF debugging, or performance tuning
- Exposure to upstream driver contributions

Responsibilities

- As a Wireless Radio Software Engineer, you will own development and integration of radio firmware and driver components, enable Wi-Fi features and ensuring system-level performance and reliability.
- Design and implement radio firmware and driver features, Wi-Fi feature development and integration, Debug complex issues across firmware, driver, and system layers
- Analyze RF behavior, packet flows, and protocol interactions
- Work closely with chipset vendors to resolve firmware/driver issues
- Contribute to system-level validation and performance optimization
- Apply AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, debugging, and analysis

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