Cisco
Hardware Engineer Hybrid
$116K–$226K
RTP, North Carolina, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years with a B.S., or 3+ years with an M.S.
- Education
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field; or M.S.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee); some work may be restricted to U.S. citizens on U.S. soil.
About the job
Designs, verifies, and supports hardware- and firmware-based security technologies across Cisco products, while advising product teams on adoption and security.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, document, and test hardware or combined hardware and firmware security technologies.
- Assist and educate product teams deploying security technologies; create proof of concepts, reference code, scripts, and documentation.
- Participate in hardware architecture, design, specifications, and HDL code reviews.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or M.S. with 3+ years of experience.
- Prior experience in HDL (FPGA/ASIC) design or verification.
- Experience with board-level bring-up and debug using hardware debug tools and lab equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with x86 and ARM CPU architectures, boot flow, and bootstrap / firmware execution.
- Experience with Python or Linux shell scripts for automation; security architecture, PQC, or embedded CPU systems experience is also preferred.
Pay
$115,800.00 to $163,200.00 USD base salary; $138,100.00 - $226,000.00 USD base salary; $124,000.00 - $201,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Verilog, VHDL, System Verilog, Python, Linux shell scripts, x86, ARM, JTAG/SWD
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