Electrical Product Engineer (Hybrid)

Cisco Systems, Inc.•San Jose, CA

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Center Networking group is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to provide electrical product engineering support for new and sustaining products. This individual will be responsible for products' cost and quality from NPI to EOL. For this positon, the individual will be working on future AI network solution. Electrical Product Engineer provides new product and ongoing engineering (including DFM) for a specific product or group of products from pre-concept commit through end of life. For new products, this individual will collaborate with design engineers (hardware, mechanical and software), process, test and reliability engineering to tackle problems and ensure cost avoidance and quality at FCS. For sustaining products, this individual will focus on cost reduction and design related yield improvements.

Requirements

8+years of related experience. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
Understanding of system hardware architectures, design concepts and engineering development practices.
Characterize timing interface using scope, logic analyzers, TDR . Test, debug and bring-up proto boards.
Experiences with Allegro and Valor along with understanding of PCB fabrication process and technology.
Good understanding of the end-to-end process for Printed Circuit Board Assembly and entire product life cycle.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on routers and data center switch products.

Responsibilities

Perform New product Engineering / Product sustaining engineering.
Design for Manufacturing.
Value engineering - Engage early with Component Engineering, GSM and Hardware engineering and influence on component selection, process efficiency, and design changes
BOM structuring and BOM risk Management.
Design tools proficiency (Valor, schematic, CAD, other CAE tools)
Design lab experimentation / debug (proficiency continuum) / DOE/EFA
Assessing CM and supply chain technical capability gaps
Creating, analyzing, and releasing product documentation
Cost avoidance (pre-A0) and sustaining cost reduction
Technical lifecycle management (defect reduction team participation, new component qualification, etc)
Mfg. (Process) FMEA review
Design FMEA engagement and review
Design diagnostic analysis and input / influence
Debug and board bring up
Leadership and direction of complex issue resolution
Using various diagnostic tools, debug and trouble-shoot failing system down to board level and also boards down to component level.

Benefits

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.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.