Hardware Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 04/30/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. This position is an onsite position in our Milpitas, CA office. NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if enough applications are received. Meet the Team Our hardware engineering team collaborates closely with system designers, diagnostics engineers, customer escalation engineers, and external vendors. Together, we ensure robust test methodologies and timely issue mitigation, resulting in high product quality and enabling next-generation solutions. The team fosters a culture of innovation and continuously optimizing cost, performance, and quality across Cisco's hardware portfolio. Your Impact As a Cisco Hardware Engineer, you will: Apply guidelines and your expertise to improve products and services independently, while receiving guidance from leadership. Serve as a resource and mentor to less experienced colleagues and interns. Apply your work and conceptual knowledge of current technologies to broaden your capabilities. Build productive relationships with peer stakeholders within and across teams. Lead and implement projects of limited complexity and drive small-to-medium features from technical design through completion. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in design reviews to ensure product and system designs meet guidelines and customer needs. Contribute to delivering high-quality designs and deliverables. Write unit and integration test plans, identify opportunities for automating tests and debugging. Supervise and participate in verification processes to ensure products meet Cisco standards. Support system installation, configuration, and integration, resolving minor issues. Find opportunities to assist others and contribute to team success. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related experience, or master’s degree with demonstrated ability in circuit design. Experience with electrical engineering circuit design concepts Experience with bring-up of complex boards Experience in debugging high-speed circuit boards Preferred Qualifications Experience with lab bring-up and design validation. Experience with x86 architecture, I2C/SPI/ PCI express/100G+ SERDES bus technologies, High Speed board design, and FPGA design Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $135,800.00 to $193,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco ... (truncated, view full listing at source)