Hardware Design Engineer - PCB, Schematic, Physical Design- 7 to 12 yrs

Role overview

Hardware Design Engineer - PCB, Schematic, Physical Design- 7 to 12 yrs at Cisco

Responsibilities

• Contribute to hardware specification, design, development and test.
• Work closely with software, diagnostics, manufacturing, marketing, EDVT and MDVT test teams throughout the development process.

Required qualifications

• BSEE or MSEE with 7+ years of experience in hardware board design and development.
• Prior experience of taking a design from concept to production.
• Prior experience in designing with x86 and/or ARM processors.
• Prior experience in designing with DDR4/DDR5 memory, PCIe gen1/gen2, SATA, USB.
• Experience in schematic capture tools like Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL (Concept HDL).

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Experience designing Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGAs or CPLDs using Verilog.
• Prior experience in high-speed board design/signal integrity and power distribution is critical.
• Prior experience in designing Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 100GE) and serial interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART, RS232, etc.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [India]

About the employer

• The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally.

Additional role details

• Meet the Team.
• Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms like Silicon One are shaping the technology industry.
• We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow.
• Because full product development from design to qualification to production is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly.
• Join us to power the future of the digital world.
• Your Impact.
• This role spans all phases of hardware development, from architecture and design through bring-up, validation, and qualification, combining deep technical expertise with leadership and cross-functional coordination.
• Primary Responsibilities.
• Participate and contribute to the system hardware design.
• Work under department strategy and direction.
• Independently resolves and develops approach to solutions.