Cisco
Principal Hardware Systems Architect - ASIC (Silicon One) Ecosystem Integration & Product Strategy (Hybrid)
$221K–$380K
San Jose, California, US · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years with a PhD, 12+ years with a Master’s degree, or 15+ years with a Bachelor’s degree in relevant signal and power integrity; additionally, at least 5 years in each of the three specified areas.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, as specified in the experience alternatives.
About the job
Leads hardware system architecture and product strategy across Cisco Silicon One programs, connecting customer needs, engineering teams, vendors, and product marketing from concept through field deployment.
What you'll do
- Engage customers and incorporate their feedback into future product architectures with product management, engineering, and product marketing.
- Drive cross-functional hardware, software, and test engineering work, vendor alignment, customer demonstrations, and technical training.
- Participate in standards committees and author or co-author white papers and user tutorials.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 15+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience, or a Master’s degree and 12+ years, or a PhD and 8+ years.
- At least 5 years driving hardware system architecture, including tradeoffs among signal integrity, power integrity, thermal design, total power consumption, cost, and schedule.
- At least 5 years driving cross-functional buy-in and executive approval of complex strategic programs.
- At least 5 years generating, coordinating cross-functional review of, and presenting customer-facing materials for strategic projects.
Nice to have
- Experience in system architecture and hardware/software design, including FPGA and ASIC design and verification, system bring-up and debug, and thermal design.
- Experience building technical relationships across customers, software teams, Cisco product teams, and partners.
Pay
$233,900.00 to $330,400.00 USD (base salary); $233,900.00 - $380,000.00 USD (base salary); $220,900.00 - $344,300.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
FPGA, ASIC
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