Cisco
Sr Hardware Engineer
$136K–$259K
San Jose, California, US +1 · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, US
San Francisco, California, US - Experience
- 7 years with a bachelor’s degree, or 4 years with a master’s degree, in networking equipment hardware system design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or Master’s degree.
About the job
Designs and brings Cisco enterprise and small-business networking switches from product definition through production, then supports customer issue resolution.
What you'll do
- Specify technical product documentation, lead reviews, and architect system block diagrams with Networking ASIC suppliers.
- Design switches, review schematics and layouts, support bring-up, troubleshooting, validation, and production yield with ODM/JDM partners.
- Collaborate across product, software, and cross-functional teams to launch products and debug customer issues during sustaining.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 7 years, or Master’s degree with 4 years, of networking equipment hardware system design experience.
- Prior experience with multi-gigabit Ethernet and Power-over Ethernet (PoE).
- Prior experience with schematics/layout, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, and system-level testing.
- Experience working with software teams on system bring-up and porting, including device configuration at the register level.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with networking technologies and concepts.
- Experience with high-volume, cost-sensitive products and bringing products to production.
Pay
$154,900.00 to $225,300.00 (USD, base salary); $154,900.00 - $259,100.00 (USD, base salary); $136,500.00 - $228,300.00 (USD, base salary)
Tools
Networking ASIC, multi-gigabit Ethernet, Power-over Ethernet (PoE), schematics/layout
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