Hardware Engineer - Power

Cisco; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 149,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco seeks a Hardware Engineer - Power to join a collaborative team focused on power solutions for cutting-edge networking products. The role involves developing reliable power systems for various offerings and necessitates strong engineering experience, particularly in power design. Join a company pioneering solutions for the AI era.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience or a Master's with 3+ years.
• Experience with buck and buck-boost topologies.
• Knowledge in design for manufacturing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and qualify system power for new products.
• Execute test plans and document specifications.
• Resolve power-related issues for assigned projects.

Skills

Power design

Analog design

Efficiency design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in related field

PhD in relevant area

Tools

LTspice

PSpice

Allegro

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Base pay range

$149,600.00/yr - $214,100.00/yr

The application window is expected to close on 7/7/2025.

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

This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose office location.

Meet the Team

Common Hardware Group (CHG) Power is a central team that supports power design across various products like Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Catalyst 9000 switches, IoT, and many others. As part of the central hardware power engineering group, you will collaborate with various functions like Hardware Design and Test, ASIC Design and Test, Power Engineering, Signal Integrity, EMC / EMI, and Mechanical Design, growing the breadth of your knowledge, designing power, and delivering outstanding products to the market.

Your Impact

As a Hardware Engineer, you will develop highly reliable Power solutions for Cisco's networking products. These products range from 10W IP phones to 3000W+ Data Center and Service Provider switches and routers. This individual will contribute to the power development team and be responsible for all design aspects of the System power.

• Develop and qualify system power to meet the power requirements of new products.
• Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.
• Assist in the resolution of power-related field/product issues for assigned projects.
• Engage with power supply vendors to develop power supply that meets Cisco Quality requirement and timeline.
• Perform design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout and routing.
• Perform and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action reports (CAR), and 8D reports.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related field with 6+ years of experience, a Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or a PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience.
• Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.
• Experience in design topologies such as buck, buck-boost, and design for highest efficiency.
• Experience with any of the following tools: Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, or Ansys or Hyperlynx.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and interest in both Board Mounted and Front-End Power hardware design and solving complex analog or power designs problems.
• Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources.
• Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
• Strong knowledge of components, materials and manufacturing processes, and quality assurance (QA) including performing design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Experience with designing power supplies to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.
• Knowledge of software like Python, Labview, C++ and system design.
  
  

Why Cisco

At Cisco, we are revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We have 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. Simply put – we power the future.

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 will 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Computer Hardware Manufacturing, Software Development, and Computer Networking Products

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