Cisco Hardware Test Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

349387718

The application window is expected to close on 03/15/2025.

The job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if enough applications are received.

This position requires that you work onsite at the San Jose, CA, office five days a week, as the role requires lab work.

• Participates in a project with a team of engineers involved in the hardware specification, design, development, and test.
• Define the unit and system-level test processes and procedures.
• Responsible for unit and system-level test architecture design (what to test and how to test to exercise all the components and interfaces on a board).
• Write complete unit and system-level test plans and execute those tests.
• Debug complex issues at the system and component levels, including CPUs, ASICs, FPGAs, Power supplies, PHY, etc.
• Work closely with hardware design, software/diagnostic, ASIC, and manufacturing test engineers to establish a product test strategy, develop the required scripts, test the products, and resolve any issues to ensure a successful release to mass production.
• Test product compliance to internal specs as well as industry standards.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering with 5 years of hardware validation/testing experience or Master's in electrical or computer engineering with 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience in the field of Networking.
• Experience with Networking Switches, Routers, and other networking devices.

• Experience with electrical and optical test and measurement equipment, such as oscilloscopes, Power meters, traffic generators, and environmental chambers.
• Experience with High-Speed Network Interfaces (10G/25G/100G/400G)
• Scripting knowledge & experience, preferably in TCL/Python, is a plus.
• Ability to apply networking principles, theories, and field concepts to product tests.
• Good understanding of L2/L3 routing and switching.
• Basic knowledge of the OSI Model, LAN/WAN topologies, basic router, and IPV4/IPv6/MPLS/VRF switch configurations.