Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - ECAD - 10 to 15 years - Bangalore

Cisco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Bengaluru invites a senior ECAD Hardware Engineer to drive design, layout, and verification of cutting-edge hardware platforms.

You will work with cross-functional teams across hardware, signal integrity, and manufacturing to push performance and reliability. The role requires advanced degrees or equivalent experience in Electrical/Computer Engineering, strong PCB/board design skills, and familiarity with high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet PHYs and Switch ASICs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of proven experience, or Masters with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years of related experience.
• Experience with Computed Automated Design Tools (EDA).
• Lead cross-functional development to deliver solutions aligned to requirements and customer needs.
• Facilitate communication to identify root causes of issues and implement corrective measures.
• Hardware design and validation—board/system design, schematic/PCB review, bring-up, testing, debugging.
• Familiarity with Ethernet, PHYs, Switch ASIC operation, and high-speed interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, layout, and routing of hardware products with cross-functional teams.
• Identify root causes of development issues and implement corrective actions.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance design process quality and efficiency.
• Communicate effectively to ensure team and leadership alignment.

Skills

EDA tools

Schematic design

PCB layout review

Hardware debugging

High-speed interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

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 ambitious 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 ECAD Hardware Engineers drive design, layout, and routing of industry-leading products. They collaborate across a broad set of cross-functional teams, including Hardware, Signal integrity, Mechanical, Thermal, and Compliance.

• Participate in creative problem-solving to identify root causes of development issues and implement corrective measures.

• Leverage new AI Tools to enhance design process quality and efficiency

• Leverage effective communication schemes to ensure team and leadership alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering 10+ proven 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.

• Experience in Computed Automated Design Tools

• Lead cross-functional development efforts to create solutions aligned to requirements and customer needs

• Facilitate communication and creative problem-solving to identify root causes of customer & development issues, categorize failures, and implement corrective measures.

• Hardware design and validation: Hands-on experience with board or system design, schematic and PCB review, prototype bring-up, testing, and hardware debug

• Familiarity with relevant technologies such as Ethernet, PHYs, Switch ASIC operation, and high-speed interfaces.

Preferred Qualifications

• Manage vendor relationships, ensuring suitability and performance of high-quality components and alignment to project specifications.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Ability to work with firmware, software, signal integrity, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve technical issues and deliver products.

• Product development lifecycle: Experience taking hardware from requirements and design through qualification, manufacturing, and production support.

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.