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About the Role

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. This role directly impacts Cisco’s Catalyst switching business by delivering reliable, scalable, and cost-effective hardware platforms for enterprise campus networks. The engineer will contribute across design, validation, manufacturing, and sustaining activities, influencing product quality, customer experience, supply continuity, and Cisco’s competitive position.

Responsibilities

Drives technical execution across hardware design, validation, bring-up, diagnostics, compliance, manufacturing readiness, and sustaining support.
Influences product cost, manufacturability, supply continuity, and lifecycle efficiency through strong engineering decisions.
Partner with software, mechanical, signal integrity, power, thermal, manufacturing, supply chain, compliance, product management, and customer support teams.
Helps resolve complex technical issues that affect customer deployments, manufacturing continuity, and product reliability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering + 5 years of related experience OR master’s degree in electrical or computer Engineering + 3 years of related experience.
Experience in hardware design, validation, bring-up, and debug for complex electronic systems.
Experience in areas such as high-speed digital design, power delivery, signal integrity, thermal, EMI/EMC, and manufacturing readiness.
Experience with lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Function generators, protocol analyzers, etc.

Skills

Knowledge of Board Design tools: Cadence Concept/Allegro/System Capture.
Experience with interface protocols such as PCIe, USB, eMMC, I2C, MDIO, and Ethernet.
Experience with Ethernet switching technologies, PHYs, SerDes, optics, PoE, power supplies, or embedded management subsystems.

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

5 years of related experience (with Bachelor's degree)
3 years of related experience (with Master's degree)

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering
Master's degree in electrical or computer Engineering

Salary/Compensations

$113,900.00 - $161,000.00 (U.S. and/or Canada)
$135,800.00 - $222,400.00 (New York City Metro Area)
$122,000.00 - $197,900.00 (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
Flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
Performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)

About the Company

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.
Our solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale.
Our impact is everywhere.