Hardware Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco•San Jose, CA

6d•$171,600 - $245,000

About The Position

The Silicon One team creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world. Hardware design technical lead is a key member of the Cisco Purpose Built Switch hardware team. Define and design the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC. Responsible for system and board level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up and troubleshooting. The individual is expected to bring up the system to work with multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, Signal Integrity, software, Diagnostics and Manufacturing team to resolve any design issues. Debug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers Act as technical liaison with major component Suppliers for the product

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 6+ years of experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering + 3 years in system level development.
Prior experience with common HW technology, including power, clock, memory, CPU, and variety of system interfaces.
Previous experience with complex high-speed board design and board bring-up.
Prior experience with schematics/layout, Hardware bring-up, trouble-shooting, system level testing.
Experience with working with Software team on system bring-up and porting, devices configuration (registers level).

Nice To Haves

Experience with schematics, PCB and Verilog HDL/VHDL design
Experience on the scripts (Python, Tcl, etc.)
Experience with lab bring up and design validation of products
Knowledge on the Ethernet protocol is a plus
Experience with access switch Ethernet interfaces: gigabit, multi gigabit, 10 gigabit.
Experience with high speed Ethernet interfaces: 25G, 100G, 400G, 800G.
Experience with DRAM, CPU subcomplex and control interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, MDC/MDIO
Self-motivation, teamwork and strong communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

Define and design the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC.
Responsible for system and board level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up and troubleshooting.
Bring up the system to work with multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, Signal Integrity, software, Diagnostics and Manufacturing team to resolve any design issues.
Debug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers.
Act as technical liaison with major component Suppliers for the product.

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
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
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
annual bonuses (for non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)