HW Engineer

Cisco

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Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: San Jose, CA
Salary: $152,500–$219,200 / yr
Posted: 169 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity

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As an HW Engineer on the Hardware Team, you will join the Silicon One team to support the full lifecycle of silicon and hardware development. You will manage day-to-day operations for a world-class hardware lab, ensuring readiness for critical milestones such as silicon power-on, bring-up, qualification, and customer enablement. Your daily responsibilities include providing hands-on technical support for EVB bring-up, debug, and failure analysis while managing infrastructure like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, sockets, pogo pins, and automation tools. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across board design, package, mechanical, thermal, SI/PI, test, production, and validation to improve lab processes. This role focuses on the technical challenges of ASIC bring-up, validation, and system-level debug within a complex semiconductor environment, requiring expertise in hardware troubleshooting and managing resources for global team collaboration.

Skills

ASIC SoC Silicon Validation EVB Bring-up System Debug Oscilloscopes Logic Analyzers Power Supplies SI/PI Failure Analysis

What you'll do

Manage day-to-day operations of the hardware lab to support ASIC bring-up, EVB development, and system debug.
Ensure lab readiness for critical milestones including silicon power-on, qualification, and customer enablement.
Provide hands-on technical support for EVB bring-up, debugging, and failure analysis.
Manage lab infrastructure and equipment including oscilloscopes, analyzers, power supplies, and automation tools.
Coordinate lab usage and priorities across multiple projects and global teams.
Drive continuous improvement of lab processes, workflows, safety protocols, and operational efficiency.
Interface with external vendors for the procurement of lab equipment, sockets, and manufacturing support.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
5+ years of experience in hardware labs, silicon validation, EVB bring-up, or system-level debug.
Hands-on experience with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and thermal tools.
Experience supporting ASIC or SoC bring-up and validation.
Experience with sockets, pogo pins, packages, and mechanical constraints.
Strong hardware orientation with troubleshooting skills.

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