Hardware Engineer (Onsite)
Core
Hardware Engineer validating high-speed signal integrity and power design for Cisco's next-generation networking hardware, ensuring compliance from silicon die through PCB interface.
Role type
Senior IC hardware validation engineer (high-speed signaling)
Builds
High-volume production networking hardware (routers/switches)
Domain
Networking hardware / High-speed digital design
Required skills
Silicon/package/board characterization, PCIe Gen 6/7 protocol validation, PAM4 signaling, multi-tap equalization, high-speed measurement execution, S-parameter extraction, root-cause debugging (insertion/return loss, crosstalk, jitter, noise), lab automation scripting
Preferred skills
Micro probing station experience, high bandwidth differential probes, calibration methodology, Python/MATLAB data analysis
Technologies
Vector Network Analyzers (VNA), Oscilloscopes, Bit Error Rate Testers (BERTs), Time Domain Reflectometers (TDRs), Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS, Cadence Sigrity
Responsibilities
Validate high-speed channels using time-domain and frequency-domain techniques; Execute physical layer compliance for PCIe Gen 6/7; Operate precision lab instrumentation (VNA, Oscilloscope, BERT, TDR); Correlate lab data with simulation models using S-parameters; Troubleshoot signal and power integrity anomalies; Develop Python/MATLAB scripts for lab automation and data processing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
