Senior Hardware Architect — Hyperscaler Switches

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

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Hardware design technical lead for the CHG team to drive the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware built on Silicon One and merchant ASIC.

You will own system and board-level specs, perform schematic capture, and lead bring-up across multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, SI, and software. The role requires collaboration with Diagnostics and Manufacturing to resolve issues, plus hands-on lab debugging with scopes and analyzers, and supplier liaison for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Telecommunications with 8+ years experience, or Master’s with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years in system-level development.
• Experience with power, clock, memory, CPU, and various system interfaces.
• Experience in complex high-speed board design and bring-up.
• Experience with schematics/layout, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, system testing.
• Experience collaborating with software teams on system bring-up and device configuration (registers).

Responsibilities

• Define and design the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC.
• Own system and board-level specification, schematic capture, FPGA/ASIC bring-up and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with ASIC, DFT, SI, software, Diagnostics and Manufacturing teams to resolve design issues.
• Debug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers.
• Serve as technical liaison with major component suppliers for the product.

Skills

Power & clock

High-speed design

Schematic capture

Board bring-up

Hardware bring-up

System integration

Registers/config

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Telecommunications

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Telecommunications

PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Verilog HDL

VHDL

PCB layout

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Hardware design technical lead for the CHG team to drive the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware built on Silicon One and merchant ASIC.

You will own system and board-level specs, perform schematic capture, and lead bring-up across multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, SI, and software. The role requires collaboration with Diagnostics and Manufacturing to resolve issues, plus hands-on lab debugging with scopes and analyzers, and supplier liaison for