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Hardware Design Engineer Technical Lead

San Jose, California, US💼 Full-time💰 $168,800–$168,800🗓 2026-05-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design and development of next-generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC.

Role type

Senior IC hardware design technical lead

Builds

Cisco core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products

Domain

Networking hardware, Silicon, Optics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

System and board level specification, Schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up, Troubleshooting, High-speed board design, Lab bring-up, System level testing, Software team collaboration, Register level device configuration

Preferred skills

Schematics, PCB design, Verilog HDL/VHDL, Python/Tcl scripting, Ethernet protocol knowledge, High-speed Ethernet interfaces (25G-800G), DRAM/CPU subcomplex interfaces (PCIe, I2C, SPI, MDC/MDIO)

Technologies

Silicon One, FPGA, ASIC, Python, Tcl, Verilog, VHDL

Responsibilities

Define and design next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware; Act as technical liaison with major component Suppliers; Debug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers; Bring up the system to work with multiple groups to resolve design issues

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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