Advanced Packaging Design Engineering Team Lead (Hybrid)
About The Position
Cisco Silicon One is seeking a technical and team leader to drive complex advanced package design programs, from planning and optimization through execution and tapeout. The role focuses on delivering high-speed, robust, scalable package solutions aligned with system-level requirements and manufacturing needs. The Team Lead will lead and mentor engineers, develop future package design leads, and coordinate designers, layout editors, and contractors. The position collaborates with layout, signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), silicon architecture, and manufacturing partners, while improving package design methodologies and development flows and fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across Cisco’s global silicon organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field and 8 or more years of relevant work experience, or a master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field and 6 or more years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in high-speed package design, including signal integrity considerations and power distribution networks.
- Experience with industry-standard EDA tools for package layout and design.
- Experience providing technical leadership in complex hardware or silicon development programs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in ASIC package design, including pinout optimization and high-speed routing.
- Experience with silicon floor planning and collaboration with SI and PI teams.
- Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams and developing engineers.
- Experience coordinating complex cross-functional hardware development programs.
- Experience with testing and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes and TDR/VNA analyzers.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, or shell programming.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex package design programs and drive schedules from concept through implementation and tapeout.
- Optimize package pinouts, stack-ups, power distribution, and high-speed routing while balancing performance, manufacturability, and reliability.
- Collaborate with silicon floor planning, signal integrity, and power integrity teams to ensure design quality and system-level alignment.
- Work with layout editors and implementation teams to deliver package layouts that meet interface and manufacturing requirements.
- Serve as the technical and organizational lead of the San Jose package design team, providing mentorship and technical guidance.
- Develop package design capability within the team and mentor engineers to take ownership of increasingly complex programs.
- Coordinate resources across designers, layout editors, and contractors to support efficient project execution.
- Improve package design methodologies and work with vendors to improve product quality and efficiency.
- Drive innovation in package solutions for Cisco’s next-generation ASIC platforms.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Potential eligibility for Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to continued employment and vesting terms.
- Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
- Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
- Vacation time or flexible vacation time off, depending on exempt status.
- Paid sick time and carryover of unused sick time.
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
- Optional paid volunteer days.
- Eligibility for annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
