Software Engineer

Meet the Team

We are Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) Chassis Management Software team, responsible for developing and maintaining the chassis management software for Cisco's blade server and edge AI product lines. Our team plays a critical role in delivering the reliability, performance, and innovation customers expect from Cisco’s data center and edge solutions. Collaborating closely with hardware, platform and cloud teams, we help to deliver the future of compute infrastructure.

As a software engineer in the UCS Chassis Management team, you will be in a team of skilled engineers crafting, maintaining and supporting embedded chassis management software for Cisco's UCS family of products. You are someone naturally curious about how things work and looking for a role in which you can continue to learn and grow your skills, influence and career.

• Design and implement platform chassis management software for next-generation UCS products.

• Collaborate with hardware, SQA and other software teams.

• Investigate and help resolve complicated field issues.

• Identify and help deliver quality improvements.

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in C programming.

• 3+ years of experience in embedded Linux software development.

• Experience developing and debugging multi-threaded Linux applications.

• Experience with chassis or baseboard management controller software (CMC, BMC) or similar.

• Experience with scripting languages such as Shell (Bash) or Python preferred.

• Experience implementing proprietary or standard management protocols such as SNMP, IPMI, Redfish a plus.

• Experience with embedded systems buses such as I2C, PMBus, SPI, PCIe preferred.

Learn more about the products we support

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.

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, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees
  ** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar…