Senior Hardware Architect: High-Speed ASIC & Board Design

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Technical Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer to shape multi-year hardware architecture for high-performance networking products and lead major, multi-disciplinary hardware initiatives from concept through production.

This individual contributor role requires extensive experience in PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, power integrity, and collaboration with silicon vendors and contract manufacturers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 11+ years of related experience.
• Master’s degree and 7+ years of related experience, or PhD with 4+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term hardware architecture and roadmaps for high-performance networking systems.
• Lead major, multi-disciplinary hardware initiatives from concept through product release.
• Guide senior engineers through architecture reviews and design tradeoffs.
• Act as escalation point for novel or high-risk issues in architecture, signal integrity, and reliability.

Skills

System design

Validation & testing

Leadership

Collaboration

Executive communication

Problem solving

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's in EE/CE

Master's in EE/CE

PhD in EE/CE

Tools

Cadence tools

HyperLynx

ANSYS

Keysight ADS

Lab equipment

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Technical Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer to shape multi-year hardware architecture for high-performance networking products and lead major, multi-disciplinary hardware initiatives from concept through production.

This individual contributor role requires extensive experience in PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, power integrity, and collaboration with silicon vendors and contract manufacturers.