Board Design Engineer

Cisco Silicon One is seeking a HW Board Design Engineer.

Meet the Team

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 stable and leading corporation.

Our design center is unique, hosting all silicon hardware and software development disciplines under one roof. We are revolutionizing the industry and building a new internet for the 5G era, with a unified, programmable silicon architecture that will be the foundation of all Cisco's future routing products.

Our devices are designed to be adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, crafted for both fixed and modular platforms. They deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. Cisco Silicon One™ is a transformative technology set to serve our customers and end-users for decades to come.

Your Impact

• Spearhead innovative silicon architecture for AI infrastructure, guiding board design from concept through to mass production.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in areas such as board design, mechanics, thermal, PCB layout, production, software/firmware, RTL, and more.
• Act as the technical focal point and decision-maker for the project.
• Conduct hands-on testing in a lab environment and support production and qualification stages.
• Define product specifications, develop electrical schematics, and guide component selection and layout processes.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from a leading academic institution.
• 3+ years of experience as a board design engineer, with a strong background in executing complex hardware projects.
• Experience in high-speed designs and multi-layer PCB design.
• Hardware-oriented, with experience in lab work (measurements/characterization, lab equipment).
• Hands-on experience in PCB bring-up and 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.
  
  

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.

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.