Director - Software Engineering (Silicon One) - Common Hardware Group

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  • Location:
    Offsite, Boxborough, Massachusetts, US
  • Alternate Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Hardware
  • Compensation Range
    201700 USD - 330000 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking, Software Development
  • Job Id
    1445949
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The application window is expected to close on 07/30/2025. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled of if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Cisco Silicon One is the center of Cisco’s ASIC design and is driving the development of next-generation network devices for the 5G and AI era. Our outstanding team works in a startup atmosphere within a stable and leading corporate environment, and our design center hosts all silicon Hardware and Software development fields under one roof.

Our devices are crafted for universal adaptability, delivering high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. The Cisco Silicon One team develops breakthrough silicon products. Our team develops the full software stack enabling the Silicon One network processors.

We work with the Open Standards community and our incredible customers to deliver best in class routing and switching platforms. Work also with architecture and design teams to define the next generation of ASIC products being developed.

You will work multi-functionally with ASIC teams, customer engineering teams to understand and prioritize features, capabilities. These platforms play a key role in the emerging field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. We work with subject-matter experts around the world who share a common mission to deliver extraordinary products and to have fun doing it.

Your Impact

In this role, you will work closely with customers to gather requirements, explain system designs, address challenges, and assist with adoption, ensuring their needs are met both now and in the future. You will lead a technical team to implement features aligned with customer expectations while also collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Silicon One architects, software engineers, and senior partners, to align software development initiatives with business objectives.

As a leader you will design and architect robust software systems, establish coding standards, and drive the adoption of best practices in coding, testing, documentation, and maintainability. By mentoring and guiding a team of Software Engineers, you will ensure technical excellence in SDK, SAI, and API development.

Additionally, you will design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable APIs that expose Silicon One capabilities, implement robust monitoring and logging solutions to track software performance, and ensure all software and APIs meet stringent security and compliance standards in collaboration with security teams.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in science, computer or electrical engineering; or related field or 14+ years of experience in IT or Software Engineering field.
  • Experience serving in the capacity of Director or as an Engineering Leader managing teams.
  • Working experience in the computer networking field and writing production grade software in C++, Python in a relevant product area (eg: ASIC, etc.)
  • 7+ years of experience leading the design and development of software systems.

Preferred requirements:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex issues.
  • Proven experience in building software stack for ASIC or similar network processors.
  • Ability to constantly identify, follow and learn innovative technologies, work in a fast-paced, team-focused environment.
  • Experience mentoring peers at all levels, been a manager of managers.
  • Experience with SONiC, SAI or another Network OS.
  • Knowledge of security and compliance standards.
  • Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products.

Why Cisco

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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.

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