Hardware Lab Engineer

Cisco • Milpitas, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Common Hardware Group (CHG) is the development organization within Cisco. Be part of the Service Provider Hardware team inside Cisco’s Common Hardware Group (CHG). This team works on the Cisco 8000 product line both modular and fixed platforms. The team works on exciting new development for the Cisco 8000 product line, based on Cisco’s Silicon One ASIC.

You will work with a diverse group composed of the brightest problem solvers and innovators in the Hardware Development Team located in San Jose. The team is responsible for the bring-up and testing of Prototype hardware of the next generation of Cisco 8000 products.
Collaborate with Hardware Design and other functional groups to develop, bring up and test Prototype hardware.
Complete bring-up and test next generation hardware.
Work closely with multi-functional teams including Hardware Design, ASIC team, Diags, manufacturers and vendors.
Track prototypes distribute across functional groups and geographies.
Repair and Upgrade HW Prototypes in the validation process.
Fixing hardware failures to component level

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 2yrs+ of testing and troubleshooting of Cisco networking hardware or equivalent experience.
• Experience in debugging & diagnostic methodology, hardware debugging essentials.
• Experience in hardware blocks & subsystems and Network Communication Equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Able to read schematics and PCB layouts.
• Proficiency in defining tests, setting up, and working with laboratory tools (multimeters, oscilloscopes, data acquisition, calipers, etc.)
• Experienced in configuration and operation of Ixia traffic generators.
• Experienced with Cisco IOS XR and Cisco CLI

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Hardware Design and other functional groups to develop, bring up and test Prototype hardware.
• Complete bring-up and test next generation hardware.
• Work closely with multi-functional teams including Hardware Design, ASIC team, Diags, manufacturers and vendors.
• Track prototypes distribute across functional groups and geographies.
• Repair and Upgrade HW Prototypes in the validation process.
• Fixing hardware failures 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.
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level