Leader, Hardware Engineering

The application window is expected to close on 08/30/2024
This is an onsite role and will require working out of the Milpitas/San Jose office location.

Who We Are

Be a part of the engineering team that designs and supports Cisco Silicon-One-based high-end networking hardware with market-leading capacity for core, peering, and data center interconnect.

What You'll Do

You will be part of a dedicated team whose foundations are open communications, empowerment, innovation, teamwork, and customer success. We are looking for a motivated Hardware Engineering Leader with a passion for hardware quality and customer satisfaction to contribute to the success of our current and next-generation products in the field.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Hardware Quality and Field Failure Analysis engineering initiatives.
• Provide and manage hardware engineering support to customer-facing and support groups and collaborate with development and validation teams, manufacturing, and vendors as needed.
• Direct the fixing and root cause analysis of hardware issues, including electrical circuits, board signal integrity, power circuits, programmable components, and mechanical problems.
• Facilitate communication and creative problem-solving to identify root causes of customer issues, categorize failures, and implement corrective measures.
• Lead the creation of circuit designs and the generation of detailed schematics, where applicable, to improve product quality.
• Actively engage in design reviews to enable early detection of design issues before product release.
• Effectively manage vendor relationships, ensuring suitability and performance of high-quality components and alignment to project specifications.
• Create effective outbound communications to management and customer-facing teams.
• Lead a dedicated team of Hardware Quality and Failure Analysis engineers on a mission of continuous quality improvement to enhance customer satisfaction and product success.

Who You'll Work With

• This role brings visibility and empowerment. You'll work closely with customer-facing teams in technical support and marketing/sales, as well as product groups in engineering and manufacturing.
• Customer engagement and contributions to the bigger picture are opportunities for the right candidate.
• You'll also interact multi-functionally internally with teams working on hardware and software development, product validation, manufacturing NPI, custom development, and contract manufacturing at all product life cycle phases.

Who You Are

• You are an experienced or aspiring hardware leader familiar with technical project and program management. You work with large teams to achieve aggressive common goals.
• We seek standout colleagues who thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and desire to contribute to the business's and the organization's success while growing themselves.
• Experience with people management is preferred but optional.
• Experience with technical project leadership and multi-functional project execution is required.
• The ideal candidate has a can-do attitude and is eager to learn and solve the most complicated problems.
• A true passion for problem-solving and hardware quality engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 7+ years of relevant experience in hardware design and development.
• Experience in managing teams and/or leading technical projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in hardware engineering in the networking equipment industry.
• Solid technical knowledge and ability to guide technical failure analysis investigations and design optimization
• Experience leading hardware projects and programs, with an understanding of the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to production release and product sustaining
• Familiarity with contemporary hardware interfaces, CPU, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed SerDes, power and signal integrity, low-voltage, high-current power supplies, and distribution
• Familiarity with mechanical and thermal designs, constraints, trade-offs, and how they affect product performance and reliability

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively, we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology, and to power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's different from what we make, but what we make happens, which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other, as well as schools, colleges, and universities, to teach even the most challenging times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, recognize our accomplishments, and grow together. We celebrate and support one another-from big and small things to big career moments. Giving back is in our DNA (we get ten days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. There is no way to move forward without diversity and a dedication to equality. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, which unite people around commonalities or passions, lead the way. Together, we're committed to learning, listening, and caring for our communities while supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world-changing? Be you with us! #WeAreCisco

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.