Cisco
Hardware Engineering Technical Leader
$151K–$282K
San Jose, California, US +1 · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, US
San Francisco, California, US - Experience
- 8+ years with a bachelor’s degree, 6+ years with a master’s degree, or 3+ years in system-level development with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Telecommunications; or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Leads design, bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting of next-generation hyperscaler switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASICs.
What you'll do
- Define system and board-level specifications; design schematics and FPGA implementations.
- Bring up and troubleshoot hardware with cross-functional teams, using lab scopes and analyzers.
- Serve as the technical liaison with major product component suppliers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Telecommunications and 8+ years of experience; or a master’s degree in one of those fields and 6+ years; or a PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 3+ years in system-level development.
- Experience with common hardware technologies, including power, clock, memory, CPU, and system interfaces.
- Experience in complex high-speed board design and board bring-up.
- Experience with schematics/layout, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, system-level testing, and software-team collaboration on bring-up, porting, and device configuration.
Nice to have
- Experience with schematics, PCB, Verilog HDL/VHDL, scripting (Python, Tcl, etc.), lab bring-up, or product design validation.
- Knowledge or experience with Ethernet protocols/interfaces, DRAM, CPU subcomplexes, PCIe, I2C, SPI, or MDC/MDIO.
Pay
$171,600.00 to $245,000.00 USD (base salary); $171,600.00 - $281,800.00 USD (base salary, New York City Metro Area); $151,300.00 - $250,900.00 USD (base salary, non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
Silicon One, merchant ASIC, FPGA, Verilog HDL, VHDL, Python, Tcl, PCIe
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