Description
The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco is looking for a Hardware Design Technical Lead to join their team.
As a Hardware Design Technical Lead, you will be a key member of the Cisco Purpose Built Switch hardware team, responsible for defining and designing the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC.
Key responsibilities include:
- System and board level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up and troubleshooting
- Bringing up the system to work with multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, Signal Integrity, software, Diagnostics and Manufacturing team to resolve any design issues
- Debugging and troubleshooting in labs using scopes and analyzers
- Acting as technical liaison with major component Suppliers for the product
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 6+ years of experience, or 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 include:
- Experience with schematics, PCB and Verilog HDL/VHDL design
- Experience on the scripts (Python, Tcl, etc.)
- Experience with lab bring up and design validation of products
- Knowledge on the 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
In terms of compensation, the starting salary range for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.