What You'll Do

Cisco Hardware Engineers work with next-generation technology to build world-class hardware products with a strong focus on user experience, IEEE standards, and industry best practices.
Our hardware roles span across IP creation, architecture, cross-functional solution integration, and solution verification, ensuring Cisco’s products exceed internal and industry quality expectations.

In this role, you will:

• Develop system-level test requirements for both NPI and high-volume production.

• Design custom test solutions across high-power devices, large dies, networking silicon, and cost-sensitive products.

• Partner with PDE and OSAT teams to transfer SLT test programs from Cisco development environments into OSAT production.

• Serve as the first responder to production hardware or software test issues, ensuring rapid root-cause analysis and resolution.

• Drive OSAT performance to achieve throughput, yield, cycle time, and equipment uptime targets.

• Ensure OSAT capacity ramps align with the Cisco product roadmap and support a stable, scalable production test environment.

• Collaborate with Product Test, Automation, and Data Solutions teams to perform statistical analysis, yield correlation, and optimization across large data sets.

Who You'll Work With

You will work closely with:

• Silicon Design teams

• Product Test, Automation, and Data Solutions teams

• Cross-functional partners across Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations

Together, we influence the productization strategy for Cisco Silicon One.

Who You Are / Responsibilities & Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• 3+ years of experience in hardware testing of systems using custom ASICs or SoCs

• Proficiency in Linux/Unix and Python programming (must have)

• Experience with TCP/IP network configuration

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment

• High level of ownership, motivation, and energy

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in EE, CE, CS, or related field

• 5+ years of experience in semiconductor or hardware testing

• Experience implementing secure ASIC/SoC manufacturing solutions (SerDes, provisioning, programming flows, PLM, etc.)

• Experience in C/C++ or Perl

• Knowledge of ASIC/SoC boot flows or CPU performance characterization

• Experience working with OSATs and managing production operations

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.