Manager, Embedded Software Engineering

This is a hybrid role working from our Milpitas, CA location and candidates are expected onsite 3 days per week.

Meet the Team

The Cisco Distributed System Engineering team is looking for an Engineering manager to join our diverse team that is on the forefront of developing products that power the largest networks in the world.

You will be part of a fast-paced work environment and responsible for managing the team working on API for direct access to the Network Infrastructure Layer. You will be hands on technical with just a few years of team management experience and looking to grow your leadership skills.

Your Impact

Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering their growth.

Conduct performance reviews and develop goals and plans for team members

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align project requirements with business objectives.

Facilitate and participate in architectural discussions for scalable, maintainable and performance-oriented solutions.

Track and deliver projects on time, oversee and collaborate for the success of team's charter, review all work produced by the team

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in CS or applicable degree, with 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering and 2+ years of experience in team management

Hands-on experience building and deploying software on embedded systems/routers

Demonstrated programming skills in C/Go/Python

Knowledge of Linux/OS, Routing protocols, and Networking stack (IP/TCP)

Demonstrated experience leading a strong technical team to drive the features/products with a focus on quality

Preferred Qualifications

Experience interacting and working with large team across geographies

Experience managing and developing diverse, geographically distributed technical teams, leading hiring activities, conducting interviews and performance evaluations

Demonstrated customer facing experience, interpersonal skills and cross collaboration experience

Strong storytelling and communication skills to articulate decisions effectively

Experience identifying and solving problems, both technical and interpersonal

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 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.