Meet the Team

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.

Your Impact

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will design and develop software features for wireless access points, working across system components and collaborating with platform, radio, and QA teams. You will own features end-to-end and contribute to system integration and performance.

We're looking for engineers with strong software fundamentals and a growing understanding of system-level behavior in networking and wireless systems.

In This Role

Design, develop, and maintain embedded software features in C/C++
Own features from design through development, testing, and integration
Debug issues across system layers (application, networking, OS)
Collaborate with platform, radio, and QA teams to deliver integrated solutions
Analyze system behavior, logs, and performance metrics
Contribute to improving software quality, scalability, and maintainability
Use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and code quality

Minimum Qualifications

Have MS + 3 years or BS + 5 years of experience in embedded/software development
Strong programming skills in C/C++
Good understanding of Linux systems and operating system fundamentals
Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L2/L3 basics)
Experience debugging complex software systems
Ability to own features and drive them to completion
Interest in understanding system-level behavior beyond code

Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to wireless systems (Wi-Fi / 802.11)
Experience with embedded Linux environments
Python scripting for automation or tooling
Familiarity with cloud-managed systems or controllers

Why Cisco

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Why Cisco

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Embedded Wireless Software Engineer – (G8)