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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Hardware Engineer - Test Planning and Development

Cisco San Jose, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$167,700 to $245,200 per year

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Description

The Silicon One team at Cisco creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally.

As a Hardware Engineer - Test Planning and Development, you will be responsible for thorough test planning and development of test benches to verify comprehensive Design-for-Test (DFT) architecture that supports ATE screening, in-system test, debug and diagnostics needs of the design.

Key responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with the design/design-verification and PD teams to enable the integration and validation of the test logic in all phases of the implementation and post silicon validation flows.
  • Work with the team on Innovative Hardware DFT & test strategy aspects for new silicon device models, bare die & stacked die, driving re-usable test and debug methodologies and standards.
  • Craft solutions and debug efficiently.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with at least 7+ years (or Master's with 4+ years) of experience.
  • Prior experience in test planning based on complex design specifications.
  • Prior experience in testbench development using System Verilog.
  • Experience debugging using DVE/Verdi.
  • Experience with TCL, Python or Perl.

Preferred qualifications:

  • UVM and advanced System Verilog knowledge.
  • Knowledge about JTAG protocol, scan architecture, MBIST and boundary scan.

The role offers a salary range of $167,700.00 to $245,200.00 and benefits, including 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.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • UVM
  • JTAG protocol
  • scan architecture
  • MBIST
  • boundary scan

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