Sr Executive Assistant Evp Common Hardware jobs at Cisco in United States, San Jose

The application deadline is being extended, expected to close August 29th, 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

You will engage and drive the teams working on Design for Reliability. You will build and innovate in data analytics to enable faster quality through AI/ML data models. You will plan and develop test teams to drive FA and Qualification activity.

Responsibilities

• Plan strategic, scalable engagement with Reliability Services and Equipment providers with respect to Silicon One Product roadmap.
• Support and work with the design team to understand and define reliability requirements of products.
• Conduct design review and close loops with the design team to fix design issues affecting Q& R.
• Define and ensure process for ORM is implemented and effective.
• Engage qualification failures to RCCA using structured problem-solving methods (Cause and Effect diagrams, 8D and 5-Whys ) with a multi-functional team to diagnose, resolve, and prevent future problems. Recommend and manage failure analyses of quality failure to root cause. Work in conjunctions with teams to set up methodology and equipment for dynamic FA.
• To improve ongoing quality, identify and minimize ATE/CFT to system test coverage test gaps. Make sure sensors are used to optimum capability at all test steps and used for system characterization and parametric testing to enable improved quality and reliability monitoring. Come up with new ML test techniques to improve RCCA and prediction.
• Coach, mentor, and grow junior engineers to build a strong, resilient technical team
• Clearly present technical updates, risk assessments, and progress to leadership and multi-functional stakeholders
• Continuously assess and refine development methodologies, adopting ground breaking tools and technologies to improve efficiency
• Work with external foundry partners, IP vendors, and strategic customers to align on expectations and resolve critical issues
• Proactively identify project risks and implement mitigation plans throughout the product development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters/PHD or equivalent experience in Engineering, Semiconductor/Quality, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant field with customer-facing skills and experiences
• 10+ years in a comparable role for semiconductor quality, Customer Quality, Reliability Engineering, Failure Analysis
• Experience in Product & Test Engineering for the semiconductor industry.
• In-depth knowledge of semiconductor device & package fail mechanisms/symptoms
• Multiple roles a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on skills in Quality tools and methodologies i.e. Is/Is-Not, Fault Tree Analysis, Fishbone, 5-why, 8D, statistics and structured problem-solving techniques.
• Strong technical problem solving and hands-on skills in quality tools and methodologies.
• Excellent ability to manage both internal and external dynamic environments and circumstances through influence and negotiation skills to respond to challenging information and situations.
• Excellent communication, technical writing and presentation skills.
• Candidate should have a solid quality / engineering background, along with good teamwork and interpersonal skills across worldwide time zones.

The application window is expected to close on: 8/28/2025.

NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

The application window is expected to close on 9/30/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose office location.

• Designing the hardware for Data Center Products to deliver the best quality, best power efficiency, for groundbreaking network technology at the highest bit rates possible.
• Responsible for hardware definition and design, development, analysis to qualification and final product release.
• Work closely with other multi-functional teams and vendors during the development of the product, solving complicated problems along the way.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering or related degree
• 8+ years of experience in hardware system design or similar networking products
• Experience with design for high-speed signals e.g. SerDes / serial transmission technologies
• Experience with electrical diagnostics and measurement equipment e.g. oscilloscopes, digital multimeter, Logic Analyzers, TDR, Network Traffic generators (Keysight, Spirent.

• Experience with networking protocols like 802.3 e.g. speeds (800G/400G/100G/40G/25G/10G).
• Experience with CPUs/embedded CPUs, FPGAs/PLDs and good understanding of control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C
• Experience with hardware design tools (e.g. Concept, Allegro, etc.)
• Familiarity with Python, or similar scripting and execution languages

The application window is expected to close on: 9/11/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Location Requirements:

• This position is US based; must have viable commercial airport for extensive domestic and international travel.
• Must have valid US passport or ability to obtain one.
• Travel required greater than 50% of the time, must be willing to travel at a moment’s notice including international travel to high-risk destinations. Must be available during evenings and weekends to respond to unexpected emergencies and situations globally.

• Implementation of security and risk mitigation measures to ensure the safety of Executives, who may be exposed to elevated personal risk.
• Possess high Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
• Conduct close protection for the CEO/ELT dealing with safety and risk, be the liaison with the Executive Protection Leader, and identify all aspects of what can negatively or positively impact the CEO/ELT.

Be responsible for overall physical security including:

• Plans for Protectee’s Residential Security to include cameras, alarms and response; Annual fire inspection; Annual alarm inspection & generator maintenance.
• Plans for Corporate Site Security to include cameras, entry/exit routes and response.
• Secure transport Plans from Home to Work to office to airport and return;Transport plans for CEO’s/ELT’s family and return.
• Emergency Evacuation Plans and Emergency Response Plans in case of direct threat, medical emergency, natural disaster, civil unrest or acts of terrorism.
• Ability to plan, document, and provide security coverage for global locations.
• Security plans for all domestic and overseas travel.
• Holistic Risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Protectee’s personal physical safety in terms of potential threats or other events; Tech trade shows / workshops/ conferences both that CEO attends and hosts; External visits, meetings, and appointments; Personal appointments i.e. hair, medical, etc.
• During off-travel periods, lead team project(s); continuously be training in emergency response, scenario planning, future mission planning, and associated administrative tasks.
• Excellent communication skills to coordinate and facilitate internal engagements and with Cisco’s Corporate Security, Event Security, Office of CEO and Executive Assistants, Legal, and external vendors and partners.

• Bachelor’s degree (pursuing) or equivalent experience required
• 8+ years in the EP Industry, which may include high level government protective security experience.
• Experience working for C-Suite and/or ultra high net worth individuals, public figures, or celebrities in the provision of executive protection.
• Executive/security driving training and experience; experience providing advance coverage for events and trips.
• In-depth experience interacting with senior management, good judgment is essential as is the ability to know when to raise issues and involve additional partners.

• Ability to align with HR 218 (the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act).
• Certification or ability to obtain certification as a Transportation Security Agency Armed Security Officer.
• A strong law enforcement network.
• Strong industry security networks.
• Experience with managing security vendors and supervising contract personnel.