Platform Infra & Optics Engineer — C/Linux Embedded

Experis (Austria)

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Medical Insurance
Prescription Drug Coverage
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Savings Account
Health Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Area
Supplemental Life Insurance
Short-Term Disability Insurance
Long-Term Disability Insurance
Business Travel Insurance
401(k) With Employer Match
Weekly Pay

Job summary

Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA seeks a skilled software engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain platform infrastructure and optics software for the 8000 Series routers using C and Linux interfaces. You will debug complex issues spanning software, OS, hardware, optics, and networking, and contribute to testing and defect resolution.

Strong C skills and system-level mindset are essential for this role in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

  • Hands-on C programming with pointers, memory management, and core data structures.
  • Strong understanding of Linux/Unix OS concepts and system-level programming.
  • Experience with platform or embedded software; optics development and router or switch experience desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, integrate, and maintain platform infrastructure and optics software for Cisco 8000 Series routing platforms using C and Linux/Unix system-level interfaces.
  • Debug complex issues across software, operating systems, hardware, optics, and networking, and contribute to testing and defect resolution.

Skills

C Programming
Linux/Unix
System-Level Debugging
Memory Management
Data Structures
Interprocess Communication
GDB
Core Dump Analysis
Crash Analysis
Root-Cause Analysis
Embedded Software
Platform Infrastructure
Optics Software
Hardware/Software Interfaces
Networking Equipment
Testing

Tools

GDB
Core Dump Analysis
Crash Analysis
Interprocess Communication

Job description

Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA seeks a skilled software engineer to develop, integrate, and maintain platform infrastructure and optics software for the 8000 Series routers using C and Linux interfaces. You will debug complex issues spanning software, OS, hardware, optics, and networking, and contribute to testing and defect resolution.

Strong C skills and system-level mindset are essential for this role in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

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