Meet the Team 

The Cisco Wireless Feature & System Engineering team builds end-to-end wireless capabilities across access points, controllers, and cloud-managed platforms. We design features that span device software, control planes, and management systems to deliver seamless, secure, and high-performance enterprise Wi-Fi.

Your Impact 

As a Senior Technical Lead, you will define and drive the long-term technical direction for wireless radio software across Cisco’s access point portfolio. You will influence architecture, guide multiple teams, and ensure delivery of high-performance, scalable wireless systems

• Define strategy and architecture for radio firmware and driver systems across platforms
• Drive alignment across multiple teams (platform, feature, QA, hardware, vendors)
• Lead design of next-generation Wi-Fi features and capabilities
• Influence chipset vendor direction and ecosystem integration
• Guide resolution of critical, system-wide wireless issues
• Establish best practices for radio software development and system design
• Drive AI-native engineering practices and development workflows across teams

Minimum Qualifications

• BE/BTech with 12+ years of experience or ME/MTech with 10+ years of experience in wireless systems and software
• Deep, hands-on expertise in 802.11, radio firmware, and system architecture
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale wireless systems
• Strong leadership in cross-functional and cross-organization environments
• Ability to define long-term technical direction and influence stakeholders
• Strong system-level thinking across hardware, firmware, and software

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience with upstream driver development
• Deep collaboration experience with chipset vendors
• Expertise in performance optimization and large-scale deployments

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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. 

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