Cisco Director Central Engineering – Wireless & Enterprise Routing Hardware 

United States, California, San Jose 

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building the next generation.looking for a technically grounded and strategically minded Director of Central Engineering to lead key functional domains that power our Wireless and Enterprise Routing hardware portfolio.

As Director of Central Engineering, you will lead a multidisciplinary team that owns the foundational engineering capabilities behind Cisco’s next-gen wireless and routing platforms. You will:

• Drive strategy and execution across core engineering functions:

• Partner with product teams to support development of high-performance, cost-effective hardware systems
• Standardize tools, design practices, and IP reuse across multiple business units and product lines
• Lead organizational scale and team development, including talent strategy and mentorship
• Collaborate with global engineering, software, operations, and supply chain teams from concept through volume production

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Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineeringor related field or 14+ years of experience in Hardware Engineering field.
• 7+ years of experience leading the design and development of hardware systems.5+ years leading cross-functional or centralized teams
• Proven experience serving in the capacity of Director or as an Engineering Leader managing teams.
• Technical depth in at least one core domain (e.g.Signal Integrity,Thermal& Mechanical Engineering, ECAD, diagnostics) and familiarity with the rest
• Experience delivering complex, high-volume hardware systems in networking, datacenter, or telco environments
• Proven success leading teams that support multiple product lines or business units
• Strong organizational leadership, talent development, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex issues.
• Ability to constantlyidentify, follow and learn innovative technologies, workin a fast-paced, team-focused environment.
• Experience mentoring peers at all levels, been a manager of managers.
• Familiarity with Cisco hardware development processes, toolchains, and standards
• Background in platform strategy, tooling infrastructure, or design-for-manufacturing processes
• Track recordof scaling infrastructure or design standards across multiple product lines
• Experience with cloud, data center, or edge networking products

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We offer extensive employee benefits including20 daysof PTO, 10 paid volunteering days, paid birthday off, 401k match with NO vesting, generous health/dental/vision benefits and much more.