Cisco Hardware Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

631360786

The application window is expected to close on 7/7/2025.

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.

As a Hardware Engineer, you will develop highly reliable Power solutions for Cisco's networking products. These products range from 10W IP phones to 3000W+ Data Center and Service Provider switches and routers. This individual will contribute to the power development team and be responsible for all design aspects of the System power.

• Develop and qualify system power to meet the power requirements of new products.
• Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.
• Assist in the resolution of power-related field/product issues for assigned projects.
• Engage with power supply vendors to develop power supply that meets Cisco Quality requirement and timeline.
• Perform design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout and routing.
• Perform and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action reports (CAR), and 8D reports.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related field with 6+ years of experience, a Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or a PhD with 1+ year of relevant experience.
• Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.
• Experience in design topologies such as buck, buck-boost, and design for highest efficiency.
• Experience with any of the following tools: Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, or Ansys or Hyperlynx.

• Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources.
• Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
• Strong knowledge of components, materials and manufacturing processes, and quality assurance (QA) including performing design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Experience with designing power supplies to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.
• Knowledge of software like Python, Labview, C++ and system design.