# Hardware Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Milpitas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $186,900.00 - $267,700.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) at Cisco creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era. You will work with Cisco's best-in-class switching solution team, driving integration of Nexus systems and ACI with software, including OpenStack, Docker, and Open vSwitch.

Responsibilities:

- Develop innovative emulation environments to evaluate performance and functionality of multi-terabit systems.

- Develop emulation infrastructure using C/C++ and TCL.

- Work closely with design, DV, power, and post-silicon diagnostic teams.

- Assist with test plan design, test implementation, and debugging during pre-silicon emulation.

- Develop tests to generate complex traffic and performance scenarios.

- Work with leading emulation vendors to solve issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in EE or CE with 8+ years of relevant experience.

- Prior emulation experience on platforms such as Palladium Z3, Veloce.

- Experience with C/C++ and TCL infrastructure development.

- Experience with system debug tools like gdb, waveform debuggers.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with scripting programs (e.g., Python, Perl).

- Prior experience with UVM and System Verilog.

- Post Silicon functional validation or debugging experience.

- Experience with protocols (e.g., PCIe, I2C, Ethernet).

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 (holidays, vacation, sick time).

- Optional 10 paid days per year to volunteer.

Salary Range: $186,900.00 - $267,700.00

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++
- TCL
- Emulation
- System debug tools

### Nice to have
- Python
- Perl
- UVM
- System Verilog
- PCIe
- I2C
- Ethernet

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