Senior FPGA Engineer for Industrial IoT (Hybrid)

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer for its IoT team in Milpitas, CA. You will translate requirements into FPGA architectures, develop RTL, and drive verification and bring-up across hardware and software interfaces.

You will collaborate with hardware, embedded software, and verification teams to deliver reliable industrial networks with precise timing and robust recovery. This is a hybrid role requiring 2–3 days onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 7+ years FPGA development experience (or 4+ years with Master’s).
• Experience delivering FPGA functionality through product lifecycle (requirements, RTL, simulation, hardware validation, production release).
• Experience with Verilog or SystemVerilog developing synthesizable RTL and digital design fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Translate system and product requirements into FPGA architectures, detailed designs, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Develop and maintain RTL for packet processing, network redundancy, timing, and platform control functions.
• Define verification plans and develop simulations to validate functionality and recovery behavior.
• Perform synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and timing closure while balancing performance and resources.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers on interfaces, initialization sequences, and diagnostics.
• Support hardware bring-up and troubleshoot issues using waveforms, traces, and lab tools.
• Investigate root causes, implement fixes, and validate across platforms.
• Deliver reproducible FPGA builds, validated release images, and design/release documentation.
• Mentor teammates and improve reusable designs and verification coverage.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog experience

Digital design fundamentals

FPGA development lifecycle

Scripting (Python/Tcl/Shell)

Hardware debugging/bring-up

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

7+ years FPGA development experience or 4+ years with Master's

Tools

FPGA toolchains

Simulation/Synthesis

Place & Route

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer for its IoT team in Milpitas, CA. You will translate requirements into FPGA architectures, develop RTL, and drive verification and bring-up across hardware and software interfaces.

You will collaborate with hardware, embedded software, and verification teams to deliver reliable industrial networks with precise timing and robust recovery. This is a hybrid role requiring 2–3 days onsite.