# Embedded Software Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 01/28/2027Meet the Team Team Fusion develops embedded software for Cisco networking platforms, including hyperscaler-class switches, ultra-low-end campus switches, and selected wireless devices; and is responsible for the HW security and manufacturing software for cloud dashboard products. Your Impact As a Software Engineer, you will design, develop, debug, and validate embedded software for Cisco networking devices. You will work close to hardware and silicon while partnering with platform, ASIC, systems, security, manufacturing, and product teams. Develop bootloader, BSP, diagnostics, platform software, and low-level device drivers for networking hardware. Bring up new switch and wireless platforms on Linux and embedded systems, working across CPU, memory, buses, peripherals, storage, and networking components. Debug complex hardware/software issues on prototypes and production devices using logs, traces, debuggers, serial consoles, and lab-based test equipment. Build automated hardware-in-the-loop validation and regression infrastructure for real devices, including Python/Pytest test suites, testbed orchestration, power/thermal mea

- **Id**: 3843062
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-embedded-software-engineer-6>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States, San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T23:43:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T05:56:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7323
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 289
- **Ghost share**: 0.048
- **Stale share**: 0.464
- **Repost share**: 0.097
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 155000
- **Max**: 256000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 256000

## Technologies

- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Pytest** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Git** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub Actions** — Optional: yes
- **GitLab CI** — Optional: yes
- **Jenkins** — Optional: yes
- **Jira** — Optional: yes
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: yes
- **U-Boot** — Optional: yes
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T23:43:40Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 256000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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