Test Develpment Engineer

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  • Location:
    Shenzhen, China
  • Alternate Location
    Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Hardware
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    *None
  • Job Id
    1442838

WHO WE ARE

At Cisco, Product Operations plays a pivotal role within our end-to-end supply chain—transforming engineering innovation into scalable, high-quality, cost-efficient products and solutions. We focus on optimizing cost, quality, and delivery to exceed customer expectations while enabling world-class customer experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a Manufacturing Test Development Engineer, you’ll be responsible for defining and implementing test strategies that ensure product quality, enable efficient manufacturing, and support rapid product deployment.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Define Manufacturing Test Strategy: Collaborate with hardware design teams to perform Design for Testability (DFT) assessments and coverage analysis. 
  • Develop and Deploy Test Automation: Build test scripts and frameworks for automated manufacturing testing and regression. 
  • Support Product Lifecycle: Participate in prototype builds, failure analysis, and transition to mass production. 
  • Plan Capacity and Budget: Manage test infrastructure needs, schedule deployments, and oversee test cost control. 
  • Deliver Test Infrastructure: 
  • Design system- and board-level functional tests 
  • Implement traffic test solutions (Spirent/IXIA) for Ethernet interfaces (10G–800G) 
  • Guide remote teams in debugging, solving, and validation 
  • Use diagnostic and IOS software to perform system-level product validation 

WHAT YOU BRING

You are a dedicated, collaborative great teammate with strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and a learning attitude.

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronics & Communication Engineering 
  • 10+ years of experience in product test and validation 
  • Strong understanding of: 
  • Hardware development lifecycle (from concept to end-of-life) 
  • Ethernet technologies (10G to 800G) and protocols (I2C, SPI, PCI, PCIe) 
  • Test automation using Python 
  • Structural and functional DFT 
  • Board/system-level testing, debug, and fault isolation 
  • Manufacturing test solutions, including fixture design, ICT, and BSCAN 
  • Prior experience with networking hardware (routers and switches) is a plus 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Flexibility to work across time zones 

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You’ll work closely with Cisco’s hardware/software product design teams, supply chain, and manufacturing operations teams to ensure world-class manufacturing test infrastructure is in place.

Why Cisco

WeAreCisco

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. 

Why Cisco

WeAreCisco

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. 

Why Cisco?

We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as ateam, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future foreveryone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’soptimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed acrossconnections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happenwhich marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connectwith patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even themost challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and sizes toconnect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people withaccess to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of theworld – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, werecognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support oneanother – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is inour DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversityand a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 InclusiveCommunities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, areleading the way. Together we’re committed to learning, listening, caring for ourcommunities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make thisworld a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots?That’s cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and worldchanging? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco

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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