Senior High-Speed PCB Design Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Hardware Board Design Engineer to own complex board-level subsystems from definition through manufacturing release.

You will coordinate with ASIC, signal integrity, power, software, mechanical, thermal, and supplier teams to solve challenging technical problems and ensure reliable hardware delivery. You will translate requirements into architecture and verification plans, design high-speed circuits, and lead bring-up, validation, and qualification activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field plus 7 years of related experience; or Master’s degree plus 4 years of related experience; or Ph.D. plus 1 year of related experience; or equivalent related experience, consistent with Cisco’s Grade 10 leveling criteria.
• Previous experience taking complex hardware products through manufacturing release.
• Previous experience with board-level design, schematic capture, laboratory bring-up, validation, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with high-speed digital design and signal integrity fundamentals, including controlled impedance, crosstalk, termination, and decoupling.

Responsibilities

• Translate system requirements into board-level architecture, schematics, constraints, and verification plans.
• Design complex digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits using schematic-capture and PCB-design tools.
• Define high-speed routing strategies, stack-up requirements, and design constraints for multi-gigabit interfaces.
• Develop power-delivery and power-distribution solutions for high-current, low-voltage systems.
• Lead board bring-up, validation, and systematic debug using oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, TDRs, VNAs, and other laboratory equipment.
• Analyze signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, thermal, and manufacturing risks and drive them to closure.
• Lead design reviews and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Collaborate with ASIC teams, PCB layout, software, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing operations, and external suppliers.
• Drive designs through qualification, documentation, and product release.

Skills

Board-level design

High-speed digital design

Signal integrity

Schematic capture

Power integrity

Signal routing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Cadence Concept/Design Entry

Allegro

HyperLynx

ANSYS

Keysight ADS

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks a Senior Hardware Board Design Engineer to own complex board-level subsystems from definition through manufacturing release.

You will coordinate with ASIC, signal integrity, power, software, mechanical, thermal, and supplier teams to solve challenging technical problems and ensure reliable hardware delivery. You will translate requirements into architecture and verification plans, design high-speed circuits, and lead bring-up, validation, and qualification activities