Cisco
System Hardware Board Design Engineering Lead (PCB) (Onsite)
$151K–$282K
Milpitas, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years with a bachelor’s, 5+ years with a master’s, or 2+ years with a PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Leads board-level hardware design and validation for high-performance networking products, from architecture through manufacturing release.
What you'll do
- Define board architecture, technology choices, power-delivery strategy, and design direction; own subsystem design and validation.
- Lead product initiatives from requirements through validation, qualification, and manufacturing; resolve complex signal integrity, power, reliability, thermal, and manufacturing challenges.
- Guide engineers and cross-functional teams, partner with suppliers, and communicate technical risks and recommendations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 7+ years of experience, or Master’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 5+ years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 2+ years of related experience.
- Experience with board design and system-level development, including high-speed digital design, signal integrity, power integrity, and lab validation.
- Experience taking board designs from concept through production, including schematics, layouts, troubleshooting, Cadence Concept, and Allegro.
- Experience with relevant systems and technologies, and leading technical projects or programs with suppliers and cross-functional teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with co-packaged optics, 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 base salary; $171,600.00 - $281,800.00 USD base salary; $151,300.00 - $250,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
Cadence Concept, Allegro, Python, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, SerDes
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