Accelerated Compute Hardware Engineering Technical Lead (Hybrid)

This Hardware Engineering position requires that you live within commuting distance of our San Jose, CA office and commute to the office 4 days per week.

About the Team

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. 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.

Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is a business organization with a long track record of building complex and high-performance Silicon ASICs. Our silicon devices drive the world’s most complex networks and carry over 90% of IP traffic. Cisco Silicon One is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio.

The Computing Systems Products Group leverages the innovative Unified Computing Systems architecture to enable a fully unified data center. Our team architects, designs, implements, and delivers industry-leading computing system products that integrate compute, storage, network, visualization, and management into a single platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design on computing system products
• Drive computing products from concept to production
• Address challenging technical problems and issues
• Interact with cross-functional teams for technical discussions
• Act as technical liaison for key suppliers for the product and technical perspectives
• Work with and manage JDMs for server products development

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 10+ years of system level development experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 7+ years of system level development experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 3+ years of system level development experience
• Experience in hardware designs with x86 or ARM CPUs
• Experience with high-speed design signal integrity issues, power distribution techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in system level development in the server/computer/network/storage industry
• Ability to interface with other disciplines, including software, mechanical and signal integrity
• Skilled in articulating ideas and technical concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing
• Experience with High Speed Network Interfaces (10G/25G/100G/400G)
• Experience with PCIe Gen5/Gen6 adaptors and switches
• Experience designing systems with DDR4/DDR5 DIMMs
• Hands-on board design knowledge, familiar with design tools such as Cadence Concept and Allegro
• Experience with shipping products
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• Ability to travel 5%-10% of the year

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.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $191,400.00 to $281,400.00 for new hires in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Full salary ranges for specific locations:

• New York City Metro Area: $191,400.00 - $323,600.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $176,100.00 - $287,900.00

For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include:

• 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
• Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
• Paid time away:
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 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
  • Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
  • Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, with no defined limit on vacation time (subject to availability and business limitations)
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
  • Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, split between quota and non-quota components.