Senior Embedded Software Engineer

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect, empower, and drive us. Our mission is to simplify technology so our customers can focus on what's most meaningful to them: their students, patients, customers, and businesses. We’re making networking easier, faster, and smarter with technology that simply works.

We are seeking a self-driven firmware engineering technical expert to join the Hardware team, working on the full Meraki product portfolio. Our Senior Embedded Software Engineer will play a multifaceted role, connecting with Meraki’s Hardware and Software groups, vendors, and overseas JDM partners. They will be the driving force in implementing and communicating sophisticated software assignments.

Additional roles include new product investigations and general NPI improvements. Join our high-impact team and work with every part of the machine that brings the Meraki magic to market!

You Will:

• Bring-up evaluation boards, early samples, and SDKs to minimum functionality
• Lead technical discussions exploring new vendors and critical components such as SoCs
• Collaborate with firmware resources from other product groups and incorporate feedback into the development plan
• Teach and mentor early in career engineers by being a technical resource
• Coordinate with JDMs to outline block diagrams and schematics to ensure proper hardware designs are followed
• Develop early boot code in collaboration with the Hardware Security team
• Collaborate with the Quality team to qualify and validate new parts
• Develop drivers for custom circuitry for peripherals such as fans, sensors, and power supplies
• Work both independently and cross-functionally to ensure timely deliverables

You Have:

• 4+ years of professional programming experience in C or C++
• Experience bringing embedded Linux to market
• Systems and networking foundational knowledge (e.g. systems architecture, memory hierarchy, storage subsystems, etc)
• Experience with either cross-platform development, build tools (e.g. Yocto, GNU toolchain, OpenWRT, buildroot), bootloaders (U-Boot, coreboot, UEFI), kernel configuration, device drivers / trees, etc
• Understanding of common bus protocols (e.g. I2C, SPI, and UART)
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Bonus If You Have:

• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG debuggers
• Experience with full-stack development
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and build management
• Curious and persistent

Does this sound like you? We’d love to hear from you!!

We encourage you to drop us a line even if you don’t have all the points above. That’s a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great leaders come from a diverse set of backgrounds.

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case-by-case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.