Hardware Engineering Technical Leader (Board Design , PCB layout) - 12+ Years , BLR

123 Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

123 Cisco Systems (India) Private Limited in Bengaluru seeks a senior hardware engineer to design and develop industry-leading networking equipment. You will contribute to system/board design, PCB layout, hardware automation, performance characterization, and power analysis, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and drive corrective actions.

You will lead design efforts, guide failure analysis investigations, and ensure end-to-end lifecycle support from concept

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years experience in hardware design.
• Masters/PhD preferred with focus on system design, qualification, and production release.
• Experience leading overall design efforts in networking hardware.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop system/board designs for networking hardware.
• Lead PCB layout, hardware automation, performance characterization, and power analysis.
• Guide failure analysis investigations and implement corrective measures.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure conformance to specifications.

Skills

System design leadership

Board design

Hardware debugging

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master's or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

Meet the Team Network Hardware Engineering (NHE) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, Wireless, & Industrial products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from architecture to design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

Your Impact Cisco Hardware Engineers design and develop industry-leading products and solutions. Focus areas include innovation, new technology exploration, execution, quality, cost, and lifecycle support. Development activities span system/board Design, PCB layout, hardware automation, performance characterization, and power analysis. Cross-functional team engagement includes signal integrity, diagnostics engineers, customer escalation engineers, & external vendors. Facilitate communication and creative problem-solving to identify root causes of customer & development issues, categorize failures, and implement corrective measures. Collaborate with external vendors, ensuring suitability and performance of high-performance components and alignment to project specifications. Leverage effective communication schemes to ensure team and leadership alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering + 8 years of experience, or Masters in Electrical or Computer Engineering + 6 years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering + 3 years of related experience.
• Focused on System Design (primarily Board design), Qualification, and Production Release.
• Will generally lead the overall design effort.
• Experience in hardware engineering within the Networking Equipment industry.
• Solid technical knowledge and ability to guide technical failure analysis investigations and design optimization.
• Understanding of the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to production release and product sustaining.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with contemporary hardware interfaces, CPU, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed SerDes, power and signal integrity, low-voltage, high-current power supplies, and distribution.
• Familiarity with mechanical and thermal designs, constraints, trade-offs, and how they affect product performance and reliability.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.