About this Hardware Engineer- HW Board Design role at Cisco
Meet the Team
Our Board Design Team is growing! You’ll collaborate with top industry engineers within the fast-growing Cisco Silicon One group worldwide.
You will be part of a team driving our groundbreaking next-generation network devices—Cisco Silicon One. Our team operates in a startup-like atmosphere within a global, leading corporation.
Our design center is unique, hosting all silicon hardware and software development fields under one roof. Our Networking Chips deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. They are strategically placed in critical AI infrastructure, powering next-generation network devices and supporting advanced AI workloads. They deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.
Your Impact
Spearhead innovative silicon architecture for AI infrastructure, guiding board design from concept through to mass production.
Act as the technical decision-maker for the project and collaborate with cross-functional teams in mechanics, thermal, PCB layout, and software/RTL.
Define product specifications, develop electrical schematics, and guide component selection.
Conduct hands-on testing in a lab environment and drive the PCB bring-up, characterization, and debugging stages.
Minimum Qualifications:
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience as a hardware/board design engineer, with a strong background in executing complex hardware projects.
Experience in high-speed and multi-layer PCB design.
Hardware-oriented, with experience in measurements, characterization, and using lab equipment and hands-on experience in PCB bring-up and systematic debugging.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary projects.
Strong project management abilities, self-driven, with excellent interpersonal skills.
System orientation with a multi-disciplinary approach and multitasking capabilities.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
