Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer - High-Speed Networking

Cisco Systems, Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco’s Silicon One team in Milpitas seeks a Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer to define architecture and lead major hardware initiatives. You will work with a broad set of engineering disciplines to deliver high‑performance networking products.

Responsibilities include guiding design from concept to production, solving complex SI/PI and thermal challenges, and mentoring engineers while partnering with suppliers to optimize product execution.

Qualifications

• Experience with hardware board design and system-level development.
• Experience taking board designs from concept through production, including schematics generation and layouts.
• Hands-on use of lab equipment for hardware validation (scopes, analyzers).
• Experience with Cadence Concept and Allegro.

Responsibilities

• Define board-level architecture, technology choices, power-delivery strategy, and design direction for complex networking products.
• Lead hardware initiatives from requirements to manufacturing release.
• Solve signal integrity, power integrity, thermal, and manufacturing challenges.
• Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and cross-functional investigations.
• Mentor engineers and improve hardware delivery processes.
• Establish practical design methods, constraints, verification strategies, and quality improvements.
• Partner with silicon vendors, PCB fabricators, contract manufacturers, and other suppliers on tradeoffs.
• Communicate risks, alternatives, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Own the design and validation of a sub-system.
• Ensure designs meet functional specifications.
• Contribute to product-line technology roadmaps.

Skills

High-speed design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Hardware validation

Schematic capture

Board design

Networking systems

PCIe

Thermal management

EMI/EMC

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence Concept

Allegro

Job description

Cisco’s Silicon One team in Milpitas seeks a Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer to define architecture and lead major hardware initiatives. You will work with a broad set of engineering disciplines to deliver high‑performance networking products.

Responsibilities include guiding design from concept to production, solving complex SI/PI and thermal challenges, and mentoring engineers while partnering with suppliers to optimize product execution.