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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