Embedded Software Team Lead
This position is required to be onsite in Maynard, MA and in office five days a week.
About the Team
Acacia (part of Cisco) is a market leader in high-speed coherent optical transceivers, pioneering the development of coherent pluggable transceivers. Acacia’s coherent products are deployed by all hyperscalers to connect their Data Centers over distances from a few kilometers to thousands of kilometers and even in submarine networks. The emergence of AI has drastically increased the demand for Acacia’s coherent transceivers. Acacia’s coherent transceivers are also being used in space applications and are eventually expected to be used inside data centers as interconnect speeds continue to increase. Acacia is also entering the PAM4 Client market and is expected to be a key provider of PAM4 solutions, including a 1.6T PAM4 DSP.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and design of complex optical sub-systems that go into future Acacia SOCs.
- Collaborate with Chip, DSP, and Optics architects to drive innovation in Acacia’s products.
- Interface with the wider cross-functional engineering team to architect the system software, develop algorithms, contribute to code development, and participate in system bring-up and debug.
- Work with Acacia’s Hardware, ASIC, Optical, and DSP teams in the engineering organization and the PLM team.
- Collaborate with the Product engineering and Quality teams to ensure smooth transition of products to Manufacturing.
- Engage in customer interface for technical discussions related to Acacia SW architecture and design.
- Architect embedded firmware solutions and drive requirements for future platforms.
- Contribute and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to develop efficient, compact algorithms for embedded CPUs.
- Perform low-level RTOS debug and systems bring-up in the lab.
- Interpret complex systems specifications from standards bodies.
- Mentor junior colleagues.
- Provide feedback to improve team effectiveness and be open to similar suggestions from team members.
- Work from high-level system design to low-level driver development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree and 8+ years (Electronics/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent) of relevant experience in the telecommunications industry.
- 10+ years of experience with C++ and C.
- 10+ years of experience with embedded firmware development (both control and data path) in the telecommunications industry.
- Industry experience with RTOS and embedded CPUs and microcontrollers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with ARM processors.
- Experience leading software/firmware teams and driving cross-functional requirements across other engineering and product teams.
- Embedded systems firmware architecture, design, and development for Optical transceivers and High-speed Mixed-signal components.
- Experience working within a team environment developing complex control-plane code in a multi-processor/multithreaded environment.
- Experience with developing/debugging software state machines.
- Proficient in writing compact, highly efficient code to control HW components.
- Experience with a revision control system and defect tracking systems (Perforce™, GIT, Bugzilla, JIRA).
- Experience with collaborative code review tools (such as Jira Crucible®).
- Comfortable with UNIX-style command-line development (make, shell programming, Python).
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.
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.
Pay
The starting salary range for this position is $192,400.00 to $275,800.00 for new hires in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The following ranges apply to specific states:
- New York City Metro Area: $214,100.00 - $356,300.00
- Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $192,400.00 - $317,200.00
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
- Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees.
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, with no defined limit on vacation time (subject to availability and business limitations).
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward.
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members.
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.
- Eligibility to earn annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco’s policies.
- For sales roles, performance-based incentive pay on top of base salary, split between quota and non-quota components.