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Power Hardware Engineer

Cisco senior full-time

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Description

Common Hardware Group (CHG) Power is a central team that supports power design across various products like Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Catalyst 9000 switches, IoT, and many others.

As a Power Hardware Engineer, you will develop highly reliable Power solutions for Cisco's networking products. These products range from 10W IP phones to 3000W+ Data Center and Service Provider switches and routers.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and qualify system power to meet the power requirements of new products.
  • Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.
  • Assist in the resolution of power-related field/product issues for assigned projects.
  • Engage with power supply vendors to develop power supply that meets Cisco Quality requirement and timeline.
  • Perform design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout and routing.
  • Perform and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action reports (CAR), and 8D reports.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or power electronics with 6+ years of experience or a Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or Power electronics with 4+ years of experience or PhD with 1+ years of related experience.
  • Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.
  • Experience with power design topologies such as buck, buck-boost, and design for highest efficiency.
  • Experience with any of the following tools: Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, Ansys or Hyperlynx.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge and interest in both Board Mounted and Front-End Power hardware design and solving complex analog or power designs problems.
  • Knowledge of latest power technologies such as TLVR, CFP, vertical power deliver for high power ASIC in system design.
  • Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources.
  • Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
  • Strong knowledge of components, materials and manufacturing processes, and quality assurance (QA) including performing design for manufacturing (DFM).
  • Experience with designing power supplies to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.
  • Knowledge of software like Python, Labview, C++ and system design.

Skills

Required

  • power design
  • power electronics
  • analog design
  • Concept
  • Allegro
  • LTspice
  • PSpice
  • Simplis
  • Mathcad
  • PowerDC
  • SIWave
  • Ansys
  • Hyperlynx

Nice to have

  • Board Mounted Power hardware design
  • Front-End Power hardware design
  • TLVR
  • CFP
  • vertical power deliver
  • Stability analyzers
  • oscilloscopes
  • function-generators
  • electronic loads
  • bench programmable AC or DC power sources
  • Firmware
  • Mechanical and thermal design
  • Python
  • Labview
  • C++
  • system design
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