Cisco
System Hardware Board Design Engineering Lead (PCB) (Onsite)
Milpitas, California, US · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$172k-$245kDetected 4 days ago
Product ManagementThermal AnalysisPCB DesignCadenceEmbedded SystemsEMI/EMCCiscoLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring
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About the role
- Our substrates use the latest 2.5D fanout technologies for large-scale integration, using the latest signaling and data transfer technologies.
- This is an individual contributor role with broad technical influence; it does not require people management but demands technical independence, sound judgment, visible ownership, and leadership across teams.
Responsibilities
- As a Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer, you will be a recognized technical leader for a product.
- You will apply deep hardware expertise to define architecture, lead complex product initiatives, resolve difficult technical issues, and guide engineer s across disciplines.
- As a Lead Hardware Board Design Engineer, you will be responsible for:
- Defining board -level architecture, technology choices, power -delivery strategy, and design direction for complex networking product s.
- Actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, cross- functional technical investigations, and laboratory work.
- Establishing practical design methods, constraints, verification strategies, and quality improvements.
- Owning the design and validation of a sub-system.
- Ensuring design s meet functional specifications.
Requirements
- Experience with taking board design s from concept through product ion, including schematic generation, layouts, trouble shooting, and hands-on use of design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro.
Nice to have
- Methodical, analytical approach to problem solving, experience with breaking down complex issues, evaluating evidence, and documenting clear conclusions and next steps.
- Experience with networking product design.
- Experience with co-packaged optics, near-packaged optics, or optical and signal-integrity budget analysis.
- Experience creating test scripts in Python.
- Experience collaborating with cross- functional teams.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- 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.
Compensation
- The starting salary range posted for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benef
Company info
- At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond.
- These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
- We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
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