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 Design Technical Lead, you will be a key member of the Cisco Purpose Built Switch hardware team. Your responsibilities will include defining and designing the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC. You will be responsible for system and board level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up and troubleshooting.
Key responsibilities:
- Define and design next-generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware
- System and board-level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design
- ASIC/System level bring-up and troubleshooting
- Collaborate with multiple groups, including ASIC, DFT, Signal Integrity, software, Diagnostics, and Manufacturing teams
- Debug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers
- Act as technical liaison with major component suppliers
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 8+ years of experience
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 6+ years of experience
- PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering + 3 years in system-level development
- Prior experience with common HW technology, including power, clock, memory, CPU, and variety of system interfaces
- Previous experience with complex high-speed board design and board bring-up
- Prior experience with schematics/layout, Hardware bring-up, trouble-shooting, system-level testing
- Experience with working with Software team on system bring-up and porting, devices configuration (registers level)
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with schematics, PCB, and Verilog HDL/VHDL design
- Experience with scripts (Python, Tcl, etc.)
- Experience with lab bring-up and design validation of products
- Knowledge of Ethernet protocol
- Experience with access switch Ethernet interfaces: gigabit, multi-gigabit, 10 gigabit
- Experience with high-speed Ethernet interfaces: 25G, 100G, 400G, 800G
- Experience with DRAM, CPU subcomplex, and control interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, MDC/MDIO
- Self-motivation, teamwork, and strong communication skills
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 (vacation, holidays, sick time)
- Optional 10 paid days per year to volunteer
Salary range for U.S. and Canada:
- $171,600.00 to $245,000.00 per year