Meet the Team
Our Board Design Team is growing! You’ll collaborate with top industry engineers within the fast-growing Cisco Silicon One group worldwide.
You will be part of a team driving our groundbreaking next-generation network devices—Cisco Silicon One. Our team operates in a startup-like atmosphere within a global, leading corporation.
Our design center is unique, hosting all silicon hardware and software development fields under one roof. Our Networking Chips deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. They are strategically placed in critical AI infrastructure, powering next-generation network devices and supporting advanced AI workloads. They deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.
Your ImpactSpearhead innovative silicon architecture for AI infrastructure, guiding board design from concept through to mass production.
Act as the technical decision-maker for the project and collaborate with cross-functional teams in mechanics, thermal, PCB layout, and software/RTL.
Define product specifications, develop electrical schematics, and guide component selection.
Conduct hands-on testing in a lab environment and drive the PCB bring-up, characterization, and debugging stages.
Minimum Qualifications:
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience as a hardware/board design engineer, with a strong background in executing complex hardware projects.
Experience in high-speed and multi-layer PCB design.
Hardware-oriented, with experience in measurements, characterization, and using lab equipment and hands-on experience in PCB bring-up and systematic debugging.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary projects.
Strong project management abilities, self-driven, with excellent interpersonal skills.
System orientation with a multi-disciplinary approach and multitasking capabilities.
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.
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.
Skills Required
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years experience as a hardware/board design engineer executing complex hardware projects.
- Experience in high-speed and multi-layer PCB design.
- Hands-on experience with measurements, characterization, lab equipment, PCB bring-up, and systematic debugging.
- Experience collaborating with mechanics, thermal, PCB layout, and software/RTL teams.
- Demonstrated success in leading multi-disciplinary projects.
- Strong project management abilities; self-driven with excellent interpersonal skills.
- System-oriented, multi-disciplinary approach and multitasking capabilities.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
