ASIC Board Design Engineer — Cisco Silicon One

Meet The Team

The Silicon One team creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

Your Impact

Do you want to architect high-performance hardware platforms that power the next generation of AI infrastructure? Are you energized by taking full engineering ownership of complex board designs from initial concept all the way through to mass production? In this role, you will spearhead innovative silicon board designs, serving as the technical decision-maker for flagship hardware programs while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams in mechanics, thermal design, PCB layout, and software/RTL.

You will define product specifications, develop electrical schematics, lead critical component selection, and drive layout, SI/PI, thermal, and packaging co-design throughout the product lifecycle. Working directly in our lab environment, you will lead PCB bring-up, power rail characterization, and systematic hardware debugging to deliver first-pass working hardware. Enjoy the speed and creative ownership of a startup with the scale and benefits of a global tech giant—join our growing Silicon One team right next to the Caesarea train station!

Must Requirements

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience as a hardware/board design engineer, with a proven track record of designing, delivering, and bringing up complex electronic hardware projects.
• Experience in high-speed, high-density, and multi-layer PCB design.
• Experience designing complex boards incorporating ASICs, FPGAs, or high-performance processors across the full hardware development lifecycle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, and SerDes, with a preference for experience with data rates of 25 Gbps and above.
• Good understanding of Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) principles and their impact on board design.
• Experience in power architecture design, including voltage regulation, power distribution, and power sequencing.
• Experience with lab equipment, board bring-up, hardware characterization, and systematic debugging.

Learn More About Cisco Silicon One

• More information about the Cisco Silicon One group: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/networking/silicon-one/index.html
• Cisco Silicon One Blog: https://blogs.cisco.com/?search=silicon+one

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

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