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Test Development Engineer

Cisco is hiring a Test Development Engineer in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.

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  • Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Apollo, Python and C.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
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AI in this role

Develop and deploy manufacturing test solutions for core switching products while driving test automation and hardware validation.

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Meet the Team 

EBBU ProdOps team is a high performing, very experienced team what is accountable for NPI and lifecycle support to Cisco 9000’s flagship Core Switching product family. The team is expanding its foot print to India. This is core business area for Cisco supported by high investments and robust roadmap. This position offers excellent learning and career development opportunity both on the product and manufacturing technology.

Your Impact 

Successful candidate will be part of EBBU ProdOps tech team, responsible for manufacture test development and deployment for C9500 and C9600 new product development as well lifecycle support to these product families. Successful candidate will work with cross functional community including NPI, Engineering, manufacture Ops team and contract manufacturer, other Supply Chain teams in delivering manufacture test solution, drive 6-Sigma first pass yield, test equipment procurement, MCVT, to ensure product quality and supply chain continuity. Candidate should expect a fast-paced environment and close collaboration with global cross functional team.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Motivated individual with BSEE, or BSCE or equivalent.

  • Minimum 5 years of manufacture test or HW validation experience.

  • Experienced with NPI processes and manufacturing environment.

  • Knowledge and experience with Ethernet switching or routing products

  • Experienced in HW troubleshooting at PCBA level 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in HW or diagnostics development highly preferred.

  • Test automation platform such as Apollo (APC).

  • Knowledge of applied statistics, analytics, and data visualization tools with AI.

  • Experienced in Python and C language programming using scripting language. Python experience is highly preferred.

  • Experienced in working with global team. Strong interpersonal and team skills, good presentation skills for cross functional communications


Why Cisco? 

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. 


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How we rate this

Test Development Engineer at Cisco rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Test DevelopmentHardware ValidationManufacturingNpiTest AutomationApolloPythonC

Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where test development was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where hardware validation was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where manufacturing was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where npi was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where test automation was part of your work. What did you do?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: Test Development, Hardware Validation, Manufacturing, Npi, and Test Automation. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.

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