Senior Product Test Engineer

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  • Location:
    San Jose, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Supply Chain
  • Compensation Range
    165700 USD - 232900 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Software Development
  • Job Id
    1444763

The application window is expected to close on 30/07/2025.

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


Meet the Team

As part of the team you will collaborate with ASIC design teams in the Central Hardware Group, peer Test and Product Engineers in Silicon Operations, and with Cisco Systems NPI teams. Collaborate with DFT, Reliability, Quality, Failure Analysis and Manufacturing teams to resolve silicon issues and support successful product ramp. This role will also provide test program updates views to Executive Management to communicate progress and highlight issues.


Your Impact

You will be in Silicon Operations focusing on the NPI Product engineering activities by bringing up ATE testing plan including defining test methodologies, coverage metrics, and corner conditions. You will support pattern generation/debugging, identify gaps in test coverage, characterize and release the test program to production. Apply sophisticated data analytics to optimize test efficiency and drive yield improvements. Collaborate with Design, SoC, DFT, Reliability, Quality, Failure Analysis and Manufacturing teams to resolve silicon issues and support successful product ramp.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
  • 10+ years’ experience in SOC/VLSI/ bring-up, production, characterization, and test engineering.
  • Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93000 tester for characterization and production testing.
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools such as JMP, Python, and familiarity with statistical methods.
  • Experience with yield improvement, test time reduction activities and understanding of customer RMA including Failure analysis.
  • Highly skilled in writing code in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, Python.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Excellent knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art trends in DFT insertion techniques, including Scan, ATPG, JTAG,MBIST and SerDes.

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. Simply put – we power the future.

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. 

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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