# Hardware (ECAD) Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 12/12/2026Meet the Team Networking Hardware Engineering turns Cisco's boldest ideas into global connectivity. We forge technologies spanning Wi-Fi, switching, routing, transport, optical modules, silicon photonics, IoT, PoE, and AI infrastructure. We lead hardware research, create new product architectures, and solve complex challenges in silicon, optics, power, signal integrity, thermal design, and system performance. Partnering with ASIC and software teams, we take ideas from design to deployment. Join us to invent the next generation of infrastructure for an intelligent, connected world. Your Impact As a PCB design engineer (ECAD) you will work in a team that leads industry technology for fabrication, signal integrity, and power integrity. This role will help to conceptualize and develop pioneering Service Provider Routing products. Coordinates with the functional team members and drives issues for successful conclusions. Attend cross functional meeting (SI, MCAD, MFG, CM & Fab vendor feedback) Drives resolution of issues with SI, MCAD and Manufacturing Engineers in developing new boards. Very analytical to resolve design related i

- **Id**: 4316430
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cisco-systems-hardware-ecad-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T16:21:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6624
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual bonuses, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Network Security, Unified Communications, Endpoint Security, Observability & APM

## Company

- **Id**: 90
- **Name**: Cisco Systems
- **Domain**: cisco.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cisco-systems>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 284
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.447
- **Repost share**: 0.106
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 138100
- **Max**: 196500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 196500

## Technologies

- **Cadence Allegro** — Optional: no
- **Wi-Fi** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: associate
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T16:21:53Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1,384 · green card filings: 608; Filings 12m: 1384

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T18:32:52Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 196500
- **Is top pay**: no

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