Description
The Hardware Engineer Hybrid role at Cisco involves designing, developing, and testing hardware security features and solutions across Cisco's portfolio. The successful candidate will apply their hardware engineering expertise and embedded systems knowledge to tackle sophisticated hardware security challenges.
Responsibilities include:
- Designing, developing, documenting, and testing hardware or combined hardware and firmware-based security technologies
- Assisting internal product teams deploying hardware and software security technologies
- Educating product teams in their understanding of HW security
- Developing documentation, proof of concepts, reference code, and scripts to facilitate adoption and verification of security technologies
- Participating in hardware architecture, design, specifications, and HDL code reviews
The ideal candidate will have:
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience
- Prior experience in HDL (FPGA/ASIC) design or verification
- Experience with board-level bring-up and debug using hardware debug tools and lab equipment
Preferred qualifications include:
- Experience with x86 and ARM CPU architectures, boot flow, and bootstrap / firmware execution
- Scripting language experience for automation using Python or Linux shell scripts
- Background in security-related design principles, threat modeling, and secure hardware architecture
- Experience with Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards, algorithms, and encryption techniques
The salary range for this position is $115,800.00 to $163,200.00 per year.