Cisco
Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - Power Engineer (Hybrid)
$169K–$329K
Austin, Texas, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 12 years with a bachelor’s degree, 8 years with a master’s degree, or 5 years with a PhD.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develops and qualifies reliable power supplies and system-level power architectures for Cisco power distribution platforms.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, develop, and qualify power systems, subsystems, and components.
- Work with layout, mechanical, thermal, test, supply chain, manufacturing, and compliance teams.
- Resolve EMI, EMC, and regulatory compliance issues.
What they ask for
- Experience designing high-reliability power supplies for DC-powered equipment.
- Experience across the power product lifecycle, from early product definition through shipping to customers.
- Experience resolving EMI, EMC, and regulatory compliance issues.
Nice to have
- Experience with high-density redundant AC/DC front-end supplies, 480V/277V HVAC or 200V–400V HVDC supplies, and digital fault-detection and mitigation technologies.
- Experience with functional and product safety standards, or Cadence Schematic and PCB design tools.
Pay
$169,300.00 to $237,200.00 USD (starting salary range; excludes incentive compensation, equity, and benefits); $194,600.00 - $328,600.00 USD (full salary range); $179,000.00 - $294,000.00 USD (full salary range)
Tools
EMI, EMC, IEC 61508, IEC 62368, UL 1400-1, Cadence Schematic, PCB
AI focus
Develops power distribution solutions for the AI era; no specific AI engineering work is stated.
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