Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, Unix​/Linux

This is a hybrid position with the expectation of 3x/week in our SF office

Software Engineer - Platform Bringup Meet the Team Meraki Software Engineers breathe life into our cloud-managed networking devices, which range from switches, routers, and wireless access points to desktop phones and security cameras. We leverage real-time telemetry from thousands of deployed networks spanning the globe to continuously improve the performance and stability of our products.

Platform Bring-up Engineers play a key role in building new Meraki products by integrating everything from bootloaders to web servers on prototype hardware. Our device firmware is built on Linux and open-source software. We work individually and in small teams to release several new products each year.

The MV Cameras team is a small, fast-moving group building security cameras with a unique edge-storage architecture. The Meraki MV system is powerful, secure, and does not rely on any on-premise servers, making it easy to deploy and scale from one to hundreds of cameras per site. Today, cameras are mainly used for security, but we are exploring how imagery can solve broader problems or offer unique insights.

MV cameras blend the best of cloud and IoT technology, making it simple for customers to use the camera as a sensor.

Your Impact As a Software Engineer focused on platform bring-up, you will:

Execute on projects from prototype hardware bring-up through to shipping product.

Partner with our Hardware Engineering team to validate component selection and support the architecture of new Meraki products.

Integrate vendor board support packages and software development kits with our firmware and build systems.

Develop, port, and debug Linux device drivers.

Contribute to the improvement of our firmware design, development, and deployment practices alongside the broader engineering team.

Minimum Qualifications 3+ years of professional experience programming in C or C++.

Experience with embedded systems development, including cross-platform development and build tools (GNU toolchain, OpenWRT, buildroot, or Yocto), bootloaders (U-Boot, coreboot, or UEFI), kernel configuration, and device trees.

Experience with common bus protocols such as I2C, SPI, and MDIO.

Preferred Qualifications Experience writing device drivers.

Upstreaming Linux patches.

Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics and technical data sheets.

Experience with multi-threaded or parallel programming.

Experience with image sensors, GPUs, ISPs, DSPs, or H.264 video encoding technologies.

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. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location,…