Hardware Engineer

Hardware Engineer (Networking Switches and CPU card experiences)

Meet the Team

Join the Cisco Low End Enterprise and SMB switches team in developing next generation Ultra-Low-End switches for simplified and easy-to-use cloud connected edge Networks customers.

Cisco’s ULE/SMB switches team provides an outstanding, unique experience for Networks Hardware Engineers by combining the resources offered by a sizable multi-geography Hardware organization.

Your Impact

• Specify technical product documentation and lead reviews with cross-functional team.
• Architecting system block diagrams with major Networking ASIC and CPU suppliers.
• Design Networking Switches, review schematics/layout, system bring-up, trouble-shooting, design validation, and build yield bring-up with teir-one ODM/JDM partners.
• Work with major component supplier on the next generation high-performance and cost-effective technology.
• Collaborate with world class product management and Software platform team to develop next generation product definition.
• Work closely with cross-functional team (ID/ME/Compliance/SCM)  in each NPI phases, and bring product to the market.
• Triage, debug, and root cause major customer issues during sustaining stage.
• Participate any process improvement and innovation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 7+ years of Networking equipment Hardware system or Server/HPC design experiences.
• Prior experience working with high-speed Ethernet switches (25G and above) and CPU (Intel, AMD, ARM) card in datacenter switches or server/HPC domain.
• Experience with schematics/layout, Hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, system level testing.
• Experience with working with Software platform team on system bring-up and porting, devices configuration (registers level).
• Good English communication skill.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with Networking technologies and concepts
• Prior experience working on high volume and cost-sensitive product
• Experience with bringing product to production
• Experience with working with teams on different time-zone.
• Excellent communication and strategic planning skills, while being self-motivated with a focus on execution.

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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