Software Engineer

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 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

Minimum 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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