Senior Real-Time Embedded Control Systems Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Maynard (MA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) with matching

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays

Sick time off

Job summary

Acacia, part of Cisco, seeks a Control Systems & Embedded Software Technical Leader in Maynard, MA to design and implement high-speed closed-loop control systems and real-time embedded firmware for optical transceivers. You will work with hardware, optics, and calibration teams to ensure reliability in demanding optical environments.

Onsite involvement is required for onboarding with hybrid flexibility thereafter, and you will own firmware features from simulation to production release, shaping

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering or related field with 8+ years of professional experience.
• 6+ years in low-level embedded C and C++ programming for physical hardware control.
• 5+ years development of embedded firmware on bare-metal systems and RTOS such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, etc.
• Design, implementation and tuning real-time control systems on embedded microcontrollers like ARM Cortex-M/R.
• Ability to work 100% onsite during the initial onboarding period with hybrid flexibility thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Design, tune, and optimize real-time closed-loop control algorithms (PID, motion control, temperature, optical power stabilization) on bare-metal and RTOS platforms.
• Develop efficient, compact embedded C/C++ firmware to configure, monitor, and calibrate hardware subsystems across ARM cores.
• Collaborate with Hardware, Optics, and Calibration teams to bring up boards and debug electro-optical interactions.
• Implement firmware state machines, low-level drivers, and high-reliability data/control paths.
• Own critical firmware features from algorithm simulation to production release.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS development

ARM Cortex-M/R

PID control

Bare-metal firmware

Real-time control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/ Electronics/ Computer Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Perforce

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Acacia, part of Cisco, seeks a Control Systems & Embedded Software Technical Leader in Maynard, MA to design and implement high-speed closed-loop control systems and real-time embedded firmware for optical transceivers. You will work with hardware, optics, and calibration teams to ensure reliability in demanding optical environments.

Onsite involvement is required for onboarding with hybrid flexibility thereafter, and you will own firmware features from simulation to production release, shaping