High-Speed PCB Hardware Engineer for AI Routers

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Hardware Engineer to develop high-performance board designs for next-generation networking hardware. You will own the full lifecycle of PCB design, debugging, and schematic/layout verification, enabling high-density switches and service-provider routers.

Responsibilities include root-cause analysis, test plan execution, and collaboration with optimization teams to ensure signal integrity and power delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering with related experience.
• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout oversight for high-complexity systems.
• Experience with hardware debugging using high-speed instruments (oscilloscopes, VNAs, logic analyzers).
• Experience with industry-standard hardware design suites (Concept, Allegro, LTspice).

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance board designs for next-generation networking hardware.
• Own full lifecycle of PCB design, debugging, and schematic/layout verification.
• Design and sustain complex multi-layer PCBs with high-speed serial links.
• Perform root-cause analysis on hardware failures (signal integrity, power integrity).
• Create and execute test plans, document procedures and specs.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout oversight

Hardware debugging

High-speed signal integrity

EDA tools (Concept/Allegro/LTspice)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Concept

Allegro

LTspice

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Hardware Engineer to develop high-performance board designs for next-generation networking hardware. You will own the full lifecycle of PCB design, debugging, and schematic/layout verification, enabling high-density switches and service-provider routers.

Responsibilities include root-cause analysis, test plan execution, and collaboration with optimization teams to ensure signal integrity and power delivery.