IC Package Design Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 152,500 - 219,200; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in United States (California) seeks an experienced engineer to contribute to complex ASIC package designs from planning to tapeout, collaborating with package design, layout, SI/PI, and silicon teams.

You will engage in architecture discussions, design tradeoffs, and problem solving while growing expertise in advanced packaging technologies and system-level integration. This role offers growth in a collaborative engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience, or Master’s with 3+ years.
• Experience in hardware, package, PCB, or high-speed design engineering.
• Experience of high-speed signaling, power delivery, and system-level hardware concepts.
• Prior experience with industry-standard EDA tools for package or PCB design.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to package design activities including planning, floorplanning, pinout optimization, stack-up definition, and high-speed routing support.
• Collaborate with SI/PI, silicon floorplanning, layout, and manufacturing teams to ensure high-quality package solutions.
• Support package implementation activities and work closely with layout editors to ensure alignment between design intent and physical implementation.
• Participate in technical investigations, design reviews, and tradeoff discussions involving performance, manufacturability, and schedule considerations.
• Assist in developing and improving package design methodologies, flows, and best practices.
• Contribute to debugging, issue resolution, and package bring-up activities as needed.
• Work with package leads and senior engineers on complex package programs and progressively take ownership of larger design scopes.

Skills

High-speed design experience

Package design

EDA tools experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools for package/PCB

Job description

Meet the Team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless 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 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

In this role, you will contribute to the development of complex ASIC package designs from early planning and exploration through implementation and tapeout. You will collaborate across package design, layout, SI/PI, and silicon teams to help deliver high‑speed, robust, and manufacturable package solutions.

You will participate in package architecture activities, design tradeoff discussions, and technical problem solving while growing your expertise in advanced packaging technologies and system‑level integration. This role provides an opportunity to work on some of the most advanced networking silicon products in the industry within a highly collaborative engineering environment.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to package design activities including planning, floorplanning, pinout optimization, stack‑up definition, and high‑speed routing support.
• Collaborate with SI/PI, silicon floorplanning, layout, and manufacturing teams to ensure high‑quality package solutions.
• Support package implementation activities and work closely with layout editors to ensure alignment between design intent and physical implementation.
• Participate in technical investigations, design reviews, and tradeoff discussions involving performance, manufacturability, and schedule considerations.
• Assist in developing and improving package design methodologies, flows, and best practices.
• Contribute to debugging, issue resolution, and package bring‑up activities as needed.
• Work with package leads and senior engineers on complex package programs and progressively take ownership of larger design scopes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s with 5+ years of experience or Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience in hardware, package, PCB, or high‑speed design engineering.
• Experience of high‑speed signaling, power delivery, and system‑level hardware concepts.
• Prior experience with industry‑standard EDA tools for package or PCB design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in ASIC package design, PCB design, or related high‑speed hardware development.
• Experience with SI/PI concepts and collaboration with cross‑functional engineering teams.
• Experience with advanced packaging technologies, interposers, or multi‑die systems is an advantage.
• Experience with scripting languages such as (Python, Perl, TCL, or shell)

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 $152,500.00 to $219,200.00 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 of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to 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:

$152,500.00 - $252,000.00

Non‑Metro New York state & Washington state:

$135,800.00 - $224,400.00

* 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.