Hardware Engineer

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  • Location:
    San Jose, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Hardware
  • Compensation Range
    108400 USD - 154200 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Networking
  • Job Id
    1441613

The application window is expected to close on 5/27/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose office location.


Meet the Team

  • You will be part of the Service Provider Hardware Team inside Cisco’s Common Hardware Group (CHG). This team develops the groundbreaking routers deployed in Service Providers and Data Centers worldwide
  • As a Hardware Engineer on the Hardware Design Validation Test (DVT) team, you will be a critical member of a dynamic EDVT (Electrical) team.
  • You will collaborate closely with multi-functional teams (Hardware Development, Diagnostics/ Software Development, Mechanical, SI, Power, Thermal, Compliance, and Manufacturing). Through these close partnerships you will deliver best-in-class products and solutions to our customers and drive continual improvements on the team.

Your Impact

  • Contribute to a project team of engineers involved in the design, development, and testing of pioneering hardware.
  • Execute complex unit and system level testing, debug, isolation, analyze sophisticated problems, and help facilitate the root cause, resolution, and closure.
  • Support Design Engineers and provide feedback on complex issues at unit or system level.
  • Support testing of product's compliance to internal specs as well as industry standards.
  • Support fault isolation, provide detailed issue mitigation, and drive issues to closure.
  • Support the root cause field issues, support customer escalation, and fix verification.
  • Support board level and system level power design and supply qualification, execute current, power, voltage stability characterization.
  • Support thermal design qualification, thermal, power, noise, airflow characterization.
  • Support the development of complex automation scripts to support xDVT test tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s in electrical or computer engineering with 2 years of related experience or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with Hardware Validation
  • Experience with Networking Topologies
  • Experience with Debugging Routers, Switches, or other networking equipment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Python, or similar Scripting experience is a plus
  • Some exposure with any Electrical Test and Measurement Equipment - oscilloscopes, power supplies, power analyzers and meters, AC power sources, DC electronic loads, traffic generators, switches, routers, environment chambers
  • Some exposure to Environmental Test Equipment: Thermal Chambers
  • Comfortable in a Unix environment.
  • Basic understanding of L2/L3 routing and switching.
  • Basic knowledge of the OSI Model, LAN/WAN topologies, basic router and switch configurations using IPV4/IPv6/MPLS/VRF.
  • Experience with instrument control & automation.
  • Ability to lift heavy loads.

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Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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