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PCB Design Engineer (ECAD)

Cisco San Jose, California senior full-time

Salary

$138,100 - $196,500 per year

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Description

Join Cisco's Networking Hardware Engineering team as a PCB design engineer (ECAD) to conceptualize and develop pioneering Service Provider Routing products.

Your Impact: As a PCB design engineer (ECAD), you will work in a team that leads industry technology for fabrication, signal integrity, and power integrity.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with functional team members to drive issues to successful conclusions
  • Attend cross-functional meetings with SI, MCAD, MFG, CM, and Fab vendor feedback
  • Drive resolution of issues with SI, MCAD, and Manufacturing Engineers in developing new boards
  • Analyze and resolve design-related issues
  • Collaborate with engineers to develop innovative solutions for complex technical challenges
  • Proactively contribute to the Best Practices team to support continuous improvement

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Associate Degree or equivalent technical training in PCB design and Electrical Drafting with minimum 10 years of working experience in developing high-speed and reliable circuits with complex high-layer advanced technology Printed Circuit Boards
  • Experience in Cadence Allegro 17.4 (minimum) and latest release PCB design software
  • Experience with SI, MCAD, MFG, CM, and Fab development and processes
  • Experience with PCB layer stack-up including sequential lamination

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Valor DFM software
  • Experience with SKILL Script coding
  • Knowledge in designing manufacturability guidelines
  • 5+ years of PCB construction work experience
  • AI assistance in PCB design practices

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Basic life insurance
  • Paid time away (10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness)
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

Salary Range: $138,100.00 - $196,500.00

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Skills

Required

  • PCB design
  • Electrical Drafting
  • Cadence Allegro
  • SI
  • MCAD
  • MFG
  • CM
  • Fab development

Nice to have

  • Valor DFM software
  • SKILL Script coding
  • manufacturability guidelines
  • PCB construction
  • AI assistance in PCB design practices

Ready to apply?

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