Software Engineer (4 - 8 years)

Your Impact

Looking forward to getting an exciting start to your career? You will bring your unique talents to the group that works on Cisco's Switching technology, which large enterprises now consider to be the Networking Equipment of choice for mission-critical networks. In your role as a Software Engineer, you will develop and integrate products that are deployed by some of the leading Enterprises in the world. You will work with a BU-wide vibrant technical community, learning from experts and translating this learning into exciting opportunities for personal growth. You will work on networking equipment that forms a crucial backbone of many offices, hospitals, educational and financial institutions. You will learn about cutting-edge technologies and platforms while developing software for these equipment. Experience the exhilaration of taking a product through development and integration.

Minimum Qualifications

Good understanding of distributed/centralized hardware architectures of routers/switches.
Experience in working with embedded platforms, various operating systems viz Linux, VxWorks , RTOS internals.
Have worked on various Device drivers viz PCIE/I2C/eMMC/SDHC/MDIO/USBs and have worked on Storage devices – NAND/NOR with exposure to file system internals.
Exposure to system infrastructure - Building and bringing up next generation complex Switches.
Experience - 4 to 8 years
Bachelors degree in CS/EE/EC or technical equivalent.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.