Drimva

Cisco

Hardware Engineering Technical Leader

$151K–$282K

Milpitas, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026

Experience
7+ years with a bachelor’s, 5+ years of related experience with a master’s, or 2+ years of related experience with a PhD.
Education
Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

About the job

Leads board-level architecture and delivery of high-performance networking hardware, from requirements and design through validation, qualification, and manufacturing release.

What you'll do

  • Define board architecture, technology choices, power-delivery strategy, and design direction; own subsystem design and validation.
  • Lead complex hardware initiatives, resolve signal- and power-integrity, reliability, thermal, and manufacturing issues, and guide cross-functional teams.
  • Set design and verification methods, mentor engineers, work with suppliers, and communicate technical risks and recommendations.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 7+ years of experience; or Master’s and 5+ years of related experience; or PhD and 2+ years of related experience.
  • Hardware board design and system-level development, including high-speed digital design, signal integrity, power integrity, and lab-based hardware validation.
  • Board design from concept through production, including schematics, layouts, troubleshooting, and design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro.
  • Experience with networking, server, computer, or high-performance embedded systems, and leading technical projects and cross-functional teams or tiger teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience with networking product design; co-packaged or near-packaged optics; or optical and signal-integrity budget analysis.
  • Experience creating test scripts in Python.

Pay

$171,600.00 to $245,000.00 USD (starting salary range); $171,600.00 - $281,800.00 USD (full salary range, New York City Metro Area); $151,300.00 - $250,900.00 USD (full salary range, non-Metro New York state & Washington state)

Tools

Cadence Concept, Allegro, Python, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, SerDes, oscilloscopes

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First seen Oct 16, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)