Hardware Engineer

14 hours ago


San Jose CA United States Cisco Systems, Inc. Full time

This role requires being onsite in San Jose, CA.

Application window is expected to close 8/26/24 Who We Are

The High-End Routing hardware team develops the groundbreaking routers deployed in Service Providers and Data Centers worldwide. We are inventors in our field, using powerful technologies to design a new class of innovative routers supporting the Internet for the Future. Join us and participate in this exciting journey towards the future of connectivity

Who You’ll Work With

You will work among engineers as a direct contributor, designing and operating our growing worldwide network infrastructure. You will collaborate multi-functionally with architects, developers, and vendors within Cisco throughout the product development life cycle, solving sophisticated problems along the way.

Who You Are

You are a hard-working individual, dedicated to designing innovative electronic systems. You have a strong technical foundation and are continuously eager to learn. You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to identify and solve hardware issues during the design and testing phases. You understand the importance of adhering to industry standards in hardware design and can clearly articulate ideas, discuss design concepts, and collaborate with team members effectively.

What You'll Do

You will be designing the hardware for the Cisco 8000 series routers to deliver the best quality and best power efficiency using groundbreaking serdes technology at the highest bit rates possible. Your responsibilities will span from hardware definition to design, and from qualification to final product release to our customers. Primary responsibilities:

  • Use Cadence/Allegro to develop and collect schematics.
  • Guide layout and routing phase of the design.
  • Write hardware specs, develop test plans, bring up hardware with ASIC teams.
  • Debug issues in the lab using analyzers, scopes.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
  • 6+ years experience in system level development.
  • Experience in Ethernet, high speed servers (>10G) interfaces, high speed design and/or signal integrity.
  • Board design knowledge, example: familiar with design tools including Cadence Concept and/or Allegro.
  • Experience with lab bring up and design validation of products.
  • Prior experience with shipping products.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Masters in Electrical Engineering preferred.
  • Experience preferably in the server/computer/network industry.
  • Experience in X86 architecture, and a very good understanding of control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C.
  • Hard-working with the ability to map high level requirements into actionable achievements.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Ability to collaborate with other subject areas, including software, mechanical and signal integrity.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you

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