Cisco
Hardware Engineer (Onsite)
$124K–$226K
Milpitas, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of related experience, or Master’s degree and 3+ years of related experience, or PhD plus 1+ years of related experience; also requires 5+ years of applied VNA experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Master’s degree, or PhD.
About the job
Validates and characterizes high-speed hardware channels and PCIe interfaces, correlates lab measurements with simulations, and debugs signal and power integrity issues for reliable product production.
What you'll do
- Validate silicon-to-board high-speed channels and PCIe Gen 6/7 physical-layer performance using lab instrumentation.
- Correlate measurements with simulation models and troubleshoot signal and power integrity issues.
- Automate instrument control, data collection, and validation-data processing.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of applied experience using a VNA to measure multiport S-parameters, including insertion loss, return loss, and crosstalk.
- Capability to set up TDR measurements to locate impedance discontinuities and routing mismatches, and identify structural damage in PCBs, cables, and connectors.
Nice to have
- Experience with a micro probing station, high-bandwidth differential probes, and calibration methodology.
- Basic scripting skills in Python or MATLAB to parse and analyze data.
Pay
$138,100.00 to $196,500.00 USD base salary; $138,100.00 - $226,000.00 USD base salary (New York City Metro Area); $124,000.00 - $201,000.00 USD base salary (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
PCIe Gen 6/7, PAM4, Vector Network Analyzers (110GHz+), Oscilloscopes, BERTs, TDRs, Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS
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