Senior Hardware Design Engineer: High-Speed AI Boards

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and validate high-performance boards for next-generation networking hardware, from high-density switches to large service-provider routers.

You will own full lifecycle tasks including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, debugging, and verification. Collaboration across cross-functional teams will ensure robust power delivery and signal integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering with 5 years of related experience or Master’s in electrical or computer engineering with 3 years of related experience
• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout oversight for high-complexity systems
• Experience with hardware debugging using high-speed tools such as oscilloscopes, VNAs, or logic analyzers
• Experience with PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C interfaces and related design considerations

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance board designs for Cisco’s next-generation networking hardware
• Contribute to hardware development lifecycle, debugging, and schematic/layout verification
• Design and sustain complex, high-speed multi-layer PCBs with high-speed serial links and power delivery networks
• Perform root-cause analysis on hardware failures including signal integrity and power issues
• Develop and execute test plans and document engineering procedures and specs
• Lead design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout, and routing using internal tools
• Perform and review FA, RCA, and CAR to improve long-term reliability

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout oversight

High-speed hardware debugging

Schematic and layout verification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Concept

Allegro

LTspice

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Hardware Engineer to design and validate high-performance boards for next-generation networking hardware, from high-density switches to large service-provider routers.

You will own full lifecycle tasks including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, debugging, and verification. Collaboration across cross-functional teams will ensure robust power delivery and signal integrity.