Senior Platform Architect - AI Servers development - C, Device Drive, Linux, Embedded/Firmware/ARM, 12 + years, Bangalore

Who You'll Work With

This is an excellent opportunity to join Cisco's fastest-growing product UCS in Cisco's Computing Systems Group for AI Server development. We are looking for an expert Senior Software Engineering Architect who strives in a dynamic start-up-like environment. You will be providing the technical vision as well as people leadership for an expert team working on next-generation datacenter Server Platforms and products that enable cloud/datacenter scale deployments.

What You’ll Do

The job involves working on Cisco UCS AI Server platform development activities. This team develops Software and Firmware for Cisco UCS AI platforms. These include the development of Server BMC (a.k.a Cisco Integrated Management Controller) Firmware, Software, tools, and utilities.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to Lead the technical charter and vision for Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Firmware team.

Responsibilities include:

• A Senior Engineering Architect with vast experience in Critical Embedded systems/Firmware development. The candidate should build and deliver the technical charter/vision for the Server BMC team, aligning to greater organizational goals.
• Demonstrate a high degree of originality and innovation in defining product and project-level architecture.
• Be a hands-on technologist working across different architectures and environments.
• Work closely with Hardware Team for design, schematic review, hardware bring-up, and debug activities.
• Work closely with a group of architects and other stakeholders to define the holistic design.
• Influence the design of interfaces between products to ensure interoperability.
• Manage and Lead a team of Architects/Engineers who design and develop Firmware in a real-time Linux (or similar) OS environment for Cisco UCS server platforms.
• Be a bridge between Product Management and Developers by comprehending complex datacenter customer requirements and translating them to engineering features.

Who You Are

Required Experience and Skills:

• 15+ Years of total experience in Embedded/Firmware/ARM-Linux based products
• Excellent experience in Firmware, Device Driver, and Embedded/Real-time systems development.
• Good knowledge of x86 and ARM architectures.
• Strong Expertise in C and other programming languages expertise is a plus.
• A strong proponent of Design thinking and abreast of new architecture/design/development methodologies
• Patents/Disclosures holder.
• Excellent verbal and written skills and professional presentation.

Desired Experience and Skills

• Data Centre/Cloud platforms/Server/Storage chassis platform technologies. Experience in management controller firmware development (BMC) and IPMI/Redfish.
• Experiences in HW tools like JTAG debuggers, I2C analyzers, Oscilloscopes, and flash memory programmers
• Experience in Industry standard protocols like DDR, I3C, MIPI, PCIe/NVMe, CXL, and other Interconnect/Server technologies

Why Cisco

At Cisco, each person brings their different talents to work as a team and make a difference.

Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns, but our edge comes from our people.

We connect everything – people, processes, data, and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.

We innovate everywhere - From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns, and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education, and more – from Smart-Cities to your everyday devices.

We benefit everyone - We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.