Senior ASIC & System Integration Architect (Hybrid)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Silicon One division in Milpitas, CA, seeks a Principal Hardware Engineer to shape architectural strategy from concept to field deployment. You will drive cross-functional collaboration and advise on tradeoffs in SI, PI, thermal design, and cost.

You will engage with customers, present technical material, and lead work with hardware, software, and test teams to deliver scalable ASIC solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of signal/power integrity experience.
• Experience driving hardware system architecture across cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to present customer-facing materials and drive executive buy-in.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority to drive architectural strategy across teams.
• Engage with customers to collect feedback and influence product direction.
• Collaborate with product marketing on future architectures.
• Participate in standards committees to influence industry practices.
• Deliver quality products with hardware, software, and test engineering.

Skills

System Architecture

Signal & Power Integrity

Cross-functional leadership

Executive stakeholder management

Documentation & presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

FPGA

ASIC design

Verilog/VHDL

SystemVerilog

Job description

Cisco Silicon One division in Milpitas, CA, seeks a Principal Hardware Engineer to shape architectural strategy from concept to field deployment. You will drive cross-functional collaboration and advise on tradeoffs in SI, PI, thermal design, and cost.

You will engage with customers, present technical material, and lead work with hardware, software, and test teams to deliver scalable ASIC solutions.