Description
The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco is looking for a Hardware Engineer to join their High-End Routing hardware team. As a Hardware Engineer, you will work on designing and operating the company's growing worldwide network infrastructure, specifically focusing on the Cisco 8000 series routers.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Designing hardware for the Cisco 8000 series routers using Serdes technology
- Driving hardware product life cycle development, including architecture, detailed design, bring up, debug, Hardware Qualification, Release to Manufacturing, sustaining support, and field failure support
- Using Cadence/Allegro to develop and collect schematics
- Guiding layout and routing phase of the design
- Writing hardware specs, developing test plans, bringing up hardware with ASIC teams, and debugging issues in the lab
- Collaborating with architects, developers, and vendors within Cisco throughout the product development life cycle
The ideal candidate will have:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 8+ years of experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 6+ years of experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering + 3 years in hardware system level development
- Experience with high-speed design for Ethernet or PCIe
- Experience collaborating with peer teams such as Manufacturing, Software, Mechanical, or Signal Integrity
- Experience in Board Design using industry-standard tools such as Concept, Allegro, or equivalent tools
- Experience with lab bring-up and hardware design validation of products
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience writing hardware functional specifications
- Experience with High-Speed Network Interfaces (10G/25G/100G)
- Experience with control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C
- Experience designing systems with DDR4/DDR5 DIMMs
- Experience with tackling signal integrity issues and board-mounted power design and distribution techniques
- Experience working with programmable devices such as FPGAs, CPLD
- Prior experience with shipping products
In terms of compensation, the starting salary range for this position in the U.S. and/or Canada is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in this position, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.