Leader, Hardware Engineering Design (Onsite)

Cisco•Milpitas, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Hyperscaler Hardware Design team is responsible for the design of Cisco’s best-in-class high-performance Cisco 8000 series routers and smart switches. Our designs and products utilize Cisco’s revolutionary Silicon One ASICs that deliver unmatched performance and density with feature-rich functionality, enabling AI networks and core routing functions for hyperscalers webscale and service provider customers. YOUR IMPACT Lead a team of hardware board/systems engineers in R&D in full product lifecycles - from concept inception, to product requirements, to design, prototyping, design validation, certifications, production, and through post-production support. This position is hands-on and will require familiarity with design details, design flow, component selections and issues during design validation and certifications.

Requirements

BS degree in EE, CE or CS + 8+ years of relevant experience
5+ years of supervisory experience
5+ years of relevant experience in design of networking products with expertise in design tools and ecosystems such as PCB design, power management, logic design
Experience in design for manufacturing, capabilities and tradeoffs
Proven knowledge in high-speed network interfaces (25Gbps+), PCIe gen3+, DDR4+, CPU (x86 or ARM) subsystems

Nice To Haves

MS degree in EE, CE or CS + 5+ years of relevant experience
Prior experience leading teams and delivering complex hardware projects.
Industry experience in architecture, networking, design and methodology of cutting-edge board design development, e.g. multi-layer PCB designs, with high-speed interfaces (400G - 1.6T) and high-power ASICs
Breadth of knowledge in peer disciplines such as mechanical, thermal, signal integrity, power integrity, logic/FPGA designs, diagnostics, production software, manufacturing, BIOS/ROMMON
Proven experience in leading multi-disciplinary projects
Hands-on lab skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

Drive architectural decisions, designs and design reviews
Ensure robust design practices and thorough design validation, for reliability
Contribute to technology and product roadmaps
Identify areas for improvement in the architecture and design processes
Execute large and/or complex projects in multi-disciplined team with collaboration
Own people management and team growth
Advise on business performance impacts of key variables for assigned products

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.