Hardware Design Engineer

Hardware EngineerThis role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose, CA office location.The Common Hardware Group (CHG) 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—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry.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 of the Future. Join us and participate in this exciting journey towards the future of connectivity!Your impact:As a Hardware Engineer, you will develop high-performance board designs for Cisco's next-generation networking hardware. These products range from high-density access switches to massive-scale service provider routers and AI infrastructure.This individual will contribute to the hardware development team and be responsible for the full lifecycle of board design, complex debugging, and schematic and layout verification processes.Participate in the design and sustenance of complex, high-speed multi-layer PCBs, incorporating high-speed serial links and advanced power delivery networks.Perform root-cause analysis on complex hardware failures, including signal integrity issues, power rail instabilities, and component-level degradation.Develop and execute test plans for upcoming designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the engineering team.Perform and lead design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout, and routing using internal automation tools.Perform and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action reports (CAR) to improve long-term product reliability.Minimum qualifications:Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering + 5 years of related experience OR Master's degree in electrical or computer Engineering + 3 years of related experienceExperience in schematic capture and PCB layout oversight for high-complexity systems.Experience with hardware debugging using high-speed such as oscilloscopes, VNAs, or logic analyzers.Experience with tools such as Concept, Allegro, LTspice, or similar industry-standard hardware design suites.Preferred qualifications:Automation skills using python or perl is highly preferredExperience writing hardware functional specificationsExperience with control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2CExperience designing systems with DDR4/DDR5 DIMMs and storage productsExperience with tackling signal integrity issues and board mounted power design and distribution techniquesExperience working with programmable devices such as FPGAs, CPLDPrior experience with shipping products