Freelance Cisco Wireless Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Applications are accepted until August 15, 2026.

Meet The Team

The Cisco Wireless Platform team builds the foundational embedded software that powers Cisco's wireless products. We work closely with hardware, system architecture, test, and product teams to bring up new platforms, enable core subsystems, and deliver reliable, high-performance software at scale. Our work spans platform bring-up, low-level software development, system integration, and product readiness for enterprise wireless solutions.

Your Impact

As a Platform Engineer, you will contribute to the development of embedded platform software for Cisco wireless products. You will work on low-level software components, support hardware bring up and subsystem integration, and help debug and resolve system issues across the development lifecycle. We're looking for engineers with strong embedded systems fundamentals, solid programming and debugging skills, and the ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment. We also value candidates who are interested in modern AI-enabled engineering practices and how AI-assisted tools can improve engineering productivity, code quality, and execution speed. In This Role, You Will:

Contribute to the design, development, debugging, and validation of embedded software for wireless platform products.

Support the development of low-level platform software, including board support packages, platform services, boot-time initialization, and device-level components.

Assist with hardware bring-up and subsystem integration for new and existing platforms.

Investigate software and system issues in embedded Linux environments, working closely with senior engineers to drive resolution.

Contribute to software quality through code reviews, testing, automation, and continuous integration.

Collaborate closely with hardware, test, manufacturing, and product engineering teams.

Minimum Qualification:

Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience. Relevant fields include: Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

Have up to 1 year of experience in embedded software development through coursework, internships, or industry experience. Have a strong understanding of embedded systems fundamentals, including memory, interrupts, concurrency, and hardware/software interfaces.

Are proficient in C and C++, with familiarity in Python or shell scripting, and embedded Linux fundamentals.

Have strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Are interested in AI-enabled engineering practices, including the use of AI-assisted tools for software development, debugging, test automation, and productivity improvement.

Preferred Qualification:

Exposure to board bring-up, device drivers, or BSP development through academic projects or internships.

Familiarity with interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO, PCIe, or Ethernet.

Exposure to networking fundamentals or wireless technologies.

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.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 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 determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next

• 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

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. 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 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.