HW Design Leader- 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

• As the HW Design Leader, you will lead the board design team and PCB CAD engineers responsible for developing complex hardware platforms, including EVBs and test boards. You will guide designs from initial requirements through schematic capture, layout, lab bring-up, and manufacturing release, ensuring all programs meet technical, quality, and schedule goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of schematic designers and PCB CAD engineers across concurrent hardware programs.
• Guide schematic design, board architecture, and power delivery in alignment with ASIC, package, and system specifications.
• Manage PCB CAD engineers to oversee layout development, design constraints, and design rule compliance.
• Lead cross-functional design reviews with Electrical, SI/PI, Mechanical, Thermal, Packaging, and Manufacturing teams.
• Support prototype builds, board bring-up, lab debugging, and design handoffs to NPI and contract manufacturers.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 8+ years of experience designing complex electronic boards or hardware platforms in an R&D environment.
• Proven experience leading board design activities or mentoring a team of hardware design engineers.
• Strong background in schematic design, board architecture, and hardware design reviews.
• Experience working with PCB layout and CAD teams and understanding PCB design constraints.
• Experience managing technical schedules, design deliverables, and cross-functional action items across engineering and manufacturing teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience developing EVBs, test boards, or networking, switching, routing, or server hardware.
• Experience with high-speed digital designs, SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, or DDR interfaces.
• Familiarity with signal and power integrity, PCB stack-up definition, and design-for-manufacturing practices.
• Experience with board bring-up, lab validation, and hardware debug.
• Familiarity with PCB CAD tools such as Cadence Allegro and OrCAD.
• Experience taking hardware designs from concept through qualification and production.

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. 

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.