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Hardware Engineer

Cisco Milpitas, CA On-site senior full-time

Salary

$138,100.00 - $196,500.00 per year

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Description

Join the Cisco Service Provider Routing Hardware Engineering team as a Hardware Engineer. You will design, develop, and test complex ASICs for next-generation hardware. Responsibilities include:

  • Owning the design and validation of a server sub-system
  • Ensuring design meets functional specs
  • Participating in cross-functional meetings and teams
  • Creating functional specifications and technical documentation
  • Working with and managing JDMs for server product development

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 4+ years of experience, or Master's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 2+ years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 0+ years of related experience
  • Experience with high-speed hardware board designs and validation
  • Experience with taking board designs from concept through production, including schematics generation, layouts, and troubleshooting
  • Experience in hardware validation using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers
  • Hands-on board design knowledge, including design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with networking products design
  • Experience creating test scripts in Python
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
  • Effective verbal and written 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, including 10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • networking products design
  • Python
  • cross-functional teams
  • verbal and written communication skills
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