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Product Reliability Engineer - Silicon One

Cisco San Jose, California On-site senior full-time

Salary

$155,000.00 to $222,600.00 per year

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Description

Join the Silicon Operations Quality & Reliability team at Cisco, working on ensuring the long-term reliability and physical integrity of Silicon One ASICs.

As a Product Reliability Engineer, you will own the end-to-end reliability qualification lifecycle for Silicon One ASICs, guaranteeing world-class performance and field readiness.

Key responsibilities:

  • Execute end-to-end reliability test plans for new products from initial silicon bring-up through full production qualification.
  • Assess integrated circuit (IC), package, and process reliability against industry standards.
  • Lead cross-functional failure analysis (FA) and root-cause investigations.
  • Analyze reliability datasets, life acceleration models, and burn-in trends.
  • Deliver comprehensive qualification reports and risk assessments.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Microelectronics, Physics, or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of experience in semiconductor product reliability, manufacturing/assembly, test processes, supply chain, and failure analysis.
  • Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, IC test methodologies, device reliability, and common silicon/package failure mechanisms.
  • Hands-on experience with accelerated life testing, reliability estimation, and reliability testing of semiconductor components and modules.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience qualifying devices fabricated on advanced semiconductor process nodes or using advanced packaging technologies.
  • Direct experience managing qualification test execution, hardware development, and scheduling with external third-party testing laboratories.
  • Practical knowledge of physical failure analysis techniques.

The starting salary range for this position is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00.

Benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

Skills

Required

  • semiconductor product reliability
  • electrical engineering
  • materials science
  • microelectronics
  • physics
  • accelerated life testing
  • reliability estimation
  • reliability testing

Nice to have

  • advanced semiconductor process nodes
  • physical failure analysis techniques
  • qualification test execution
  • hardware development
  • external testing laboratories
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