Hardware Engineering Technical Leader
About The Position
Cisco’s Product Operations team is seeking a Hardware Technical Leader within product engineering to drive technical excellence, end-to-end product realization, and cross-functional execution for next-generation data center networking products. The Product Operations team leads New Product Introduction (NPI) and sustains products after launch. The role serves as a technical authority and trusted advisor, identifying and helping resolve sophisticated problems that affect business direction. As a technical driver in the data center networking product operations team, the leader owns engineering problem-solving and drives design-for-excellence (DFX) initiatives. The role collaborates with ASIC, hardware and power design, signal integrity, SI/PI, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality teams to support successful product launches and resolve complex sustainment issues. The leader also drives new manufacturing-process enablement for emerging technologies at factories, helps define implementation guidelines for complex hardware builds with manufacturing partners, and resolves sophisticated issues across product development, production, and the product lifecycle.
Requirements
- BSEE or equivalent and 12 years of related experience, or MSEE or equivalent and 8 years of experience in high-speed digital systems design.
- Expertise in DfX methodology, including manufacturing, cost, and quality, and related parallel frameworks.
- Experience with NPI, the product development lifecycle, and related operations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to tackle technical problems.
- Ability to anticipate issues, problems, or events and actively resolve them.
- Ability to see and articulate a vision that inspires change.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in networking product development.
- Experience working with electronic systems manufacturers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead or guide multifunctional teams within Cisco.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority and trusted advisor for the Product Operations team.
- Identify and participate in resolving sophisticated problems that impact business direction.
- Drive engineering problem-solving and design-for-excellence (DFX) initiatives for data center networking products.
- Collaborate with ASIC, hardware and power design, signal integrity, SI/PI, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality teams to support successful new product launches.
- Guide resolution of sophisticated product sustainment issues.
- Lead manufacturing-process enablement for new technology at factories.
- Help define implementation guidelines for complex hardware builds with manufacturing partners.
- Resolve sophisticated issues across product development, production, and the product lifecycle.
- Lead or guide multifunctional teams and provide high-level crisis management through anticipation and active resolution of issues.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Paid holidays
- Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid birthday day off
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- Personal wellness days
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
- Sick time off
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional paid volunteer days
- Annual bonuses for eligible non-sales employees
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
