Software Engineer - Server Diagnostics

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco delivers silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. The Computing Systems Products Group, through The Unified Computing Systems' innovative architecture, enables a fully unified data center.

As a Software Engineer in the Hardware Diagnostic Software Team, you will work with a diverse group of problem solvers and innovators in San Jose, Shanghai, and Serbia. The team is responsible for developing and mass-producing diagnostic software for the next generation of UCS Servers and related products.

In this highly visible role as a Diagnostic Software Engineer, you will:

• Develop pioneering diagnostics software for Cisco engineering and manufacturing departments
• Design and fix Cisco engineering and manufacturing issues using innovative technology and equipment
• Develop and execute detailed test plans and automate software tools to validate diagnostics software

The ideal candidate is curious, a problem solver, and thrives on learning in a constantly evolving environment. You should be a self-starter who can quickly learn information and use resources to research and resolve issues. Experience in complex problem-solving, debugging, and translating engineering and manufacturing customer requirements into design objectives is essential.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering plus 5+ years of related working experience or equivalent
• Experience in "C" programming (object-oriented programming tools such as C++ are a plus)
• Experience in hardware and low-level programming and reading HW schematics
• Experience in device driver and embedded software development
• Experience working in UNIX/LINUX development environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant industry experience with routers/switches
• Test automation experience
• Experience in ASIC programming/design
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python

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