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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

HW Board and System Design Engineer

Cisco senior full-time

Salary

$132,800 - $185,100 per year

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Description

The Enterprise Routing organization designs and develops Cisco's Edge and Access routing products.

You will be part of the dynamic team working on innovative projects as a HW Board and System Design engineer for Cisco's Edge and Access routing products.

The role involves hardware board design activities with a strong focus on test, qualification, and readiness for production, spanning all phases of hardware development.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Participate and contribute to the system hardware design
  • Contribute to hardware specification, design, development, and test
  • Work under department strategy and direction
  • Work closely with software, diagnostics, manufacturing, marketing, EDVT, and MDVT test teams throughout the development process

Minimum Qualifications:

  • BSEE or MSEE with 7+ years of experience in hardware board design and development
  • Prior experience of taking a design from concept to production
  • Prior experience in designing with x86 and/or ARM processors
  • Prior experience in designing with DDR4/DDR5 memory, PCIe, SATA, USB
  • Experience in schematic capture tools like Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL (Concept HDL)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in using circuit simulation tools like HyperLynx, SPICE
  • Experience designing Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGAs or CPLDs using Verilog
  • Prior experience in high-speed board design/signal integrity and power distribution
  • Prior experience in designing Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 100GE) and serial interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART, RS232, etc.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $132,800.00 to $185,100.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which 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

  • hardware board design
  • x86 processors
  • ARM processors
  • DDR4/DDR5 memory
  • PCIe
  • SATA
  • USB
  • Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL

Nice to have

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/RTP-North-Carolina-US/Hardware-Engineer_2025414

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