Electrical Engineer (hybrid) - 2020348

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer for a hybrid role in Texas. You will own electrical content from pre-concept through end-of-life, guiding design for manufacturability, quality, and cost.

The position emphasizes DFx, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven yield optimization. Responsibilities include working with HW, Product Management, GSM, suppliers, and EMS/JDM partners to resolve complex technical problems and drive product qualification and continuous

Qualifications

• Understanding of DFx principles and tools.
• Ability to analyze manufacturability, cost avoidance and yield improvements.
• Strong communication skills to present updates to executives.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical technical content of the product from concept through EOL and ongoing engineering (Dfx).
• Lead analysis and design input for manufacturability, fulfillment and product quality.
• Evaluate for cost avoidance, value engineering and supply chain capability.
• Identify design opportunities to enable cost reduction and yield improvements.
• Support Supply Chain risk mitigation and multi-source technical assessments.
• Collaborate with design, process, test and reliability engineering to tackle problems.
• Drive component failure analysis and root-cause corrective actions.
• Handle product qualification including data/yield/correlation analysis on large data sets.

Skills

DFx principles

Executive communication

Education

BSEE in Electrical Engineering

2+ years product development experience

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 09/17/2026

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Electrical Engineer (hybrid) - 2020348

*hybrid role requires on-site work activity a few days each week (exact days TBD)

• The EPE is responsible for owning the electrical technical content of the product, builds, and validation from pre-concept commit through end of life (EOL) and ongoing engineering (Dfx) for a specific product, or group of products, to support product success.
• Leads analysis and design input for manufacturability, fulfillment and product quality.
• Evaluates for cost avoidance (NPI), value engineering, circular economy opportunities, and supply chain technical capability.
• Identifies design related opportunities to enable cost reduction and component related yield improvements.
• Supports Supply Chain team with risk mitigation strategies (multi-source tech assessment, component, cost variance, supply chain review, and negotiations).
• Influence and reviews manufacturing capacity / capability, design stability, risk planning.
• Actively seeks and incorporates standard methodologies and results from post-project assessments into new products
• Collaborates with design, process, test and reliability engineering to tackle problems, using structured problem-solving techniques where applicable.
• Collaborate with multi-functional team to release all product user documentation (ECO, BOMs, TOIs, FAI and process capabilities, change management activities and support.
• Your role will also be to drive component failure analysis, containments, and root cause corrective actions and to work with development/manufacturing engineering and management representatives to resolve complex technical problems.
• An additional skillset is to handle product qualification. You should have demonstrated the ability to perform statistical data/yield/correlation analysis on large data sets from wafer sort to system final test to find yield issues and drive test and yield optimization.
  

Who You'll Work With

You will be working very closely with HW Engineering, Product Management/Marketing, Product Ops team, Global Supplier Management (GSM), External Vendors/Suppliers, Mfg Ops and EMS/JDM partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSEE in Electrical Engineering.
• 2+ years related experience in product development and manufacturing process.
• Understanding of DFx principles and tools.
• PCBA Manufacturing experience
• Can communicate concisely for action - with both internal and external executives via executive summaries and project status overviews

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with device qualification, conversant with JEDEC qualification requirements.
• Failure Analysis experience
• Ability to thrive in a complex environment
• High level of motivation and energy

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $115,800.00 to $163,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick timecarried forwardfrom one calendar yearto the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$138,100.00 - $226,000.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$124,000.00 - $201,000.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.