Hardware Validation (EDVT) Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.•Austin, TX

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The ENT (Enterprise) Hardware Assurance team supports electrical hardware validation testing across a broad range of products, including Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Catalyst 9000 switches, IoT devices, and more. As part of the ENT Hardware Assurance engineering group, you will collaborate with teams such as Hardware Design, ASIC Design, Power Engineering, Signal Integrity, Diagnostic Engineering, and Software Engineering. This collaborative environment will broaden your expertise, enable you to validate complex platforms, and contribute to the delivery of innovative products to the market. As a member of the ENT Hardware Assurance team, you will validate hardware platforms for Cisco's networking products. These products include Ethernet copper and optical interfaces ranging from 1Gbps to 100Gbps, PoE up to 90W, as well as IoT Wi-Fi and routing solutions. In this role, you will contribute by modifying test scripts and validating products to ensure their quality and reliability. You will also participate in developing and implementing AI solutions for hardware validation.

Requirements

Bachelor's in computer engineering or computer science with 2+ years of hardware validation experience, or Master's degree in computer engineering or computer science with 1+ years of experience
Experience with test and measurement equipment, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and network traffic generators
Experience with hardware blocks and subsystems, including CPU/microcontrollers, data paths, control paths, and clocking

Nice To Haves

Experience in AI development tools or frameworks
Understanding of signal and power integrity principles
Ability to broadly apply networking principles, theories, and field concepts to product testing
Ability to draw parallels between hardware architecture, networking product architecture, and OSI networking fundamentals
Understanding of L2/L3 routing and switching, LAN/WAN topologies, and Cisco router and switch configurations using IPv4/IPv6/MPLS/VRF
Experience with instrument control and automation, with Python or Visual Studio code scripting skills

Responsibilities

Participate as part of a project team of engineers in the specification, design, development, and testing of hardware. Define unit and system-level test processes and procedures.
Perform complex system-level unit and integration tests; debug and mitigate complex system-level problems.
Assist with root cause analysis of field issues and support customer concerns
Collaborate with software engineers to develop an AI model for analyzing test results.

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

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