Hardware Engineer (Remote)
About The Position
The Foundational Security Technologies (FST) team within the Security & Trust Organization (S&TO) is seeking an energetic, proactive hardware engineer to design, implement, test, and support security features and solutions. This position offers an opportunity to grow and learn in the product development security space, focusing on hardware and firmware-based security technologies that improve the trustworthiness of Cisco products. The role involves development activities, applications engineering to support product teams, assessment of system architectures and components for security, and education to enhance security awareness. The successful candidate must be comfortable managing multiple concurrent activities and prioritizing tasks in a dynamic environment. Continuous learning to stay updated on security threats, technologies, and solutions is essential.
Requirements
- B.S. with 2 years' experience or M.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- Experience with FPGA design and/or verification, using Verilog Hardware Description Language
- Experience with embedded CPU systems along with hardware debug and test in a lab environment
- Must be a U.S. Person (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee).
- This position may also perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil.
Nice To Haves
- Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with board level bring-up using hardware debug tools and lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and evaluation boards)
- Experience with x86 and ARM CPUs and boot architecture / bootstrap code
- Scripting language experience for automation using Python or Linux shell scripts
- Experience with security related design principles, methods, and architecture
- Experience with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards, algorithms, and encryption techniques, with implementation experience in embedded products.
Responsibilities
- Designing, developing, documenting, and testing hardware or combined hardware and firmware-based security technologies on CPU evaluation platforms and Cisco products.
- Assisting internal product teams by deploying hardware and software security technologies.
- Developing documentation, proof of concepts, reference code, and scripts to facilitate adoption and verification of security technologies.
- Participating in, and contributing to, hardware architecture, design, specifications, and HDL code reviews.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- grants of Cisco restricted stock units
- 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
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 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
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
