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Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms-like Silicon One-are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development-from design to qualification to production-is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.\nYour Impact\nHardware design technical lead is a key member of the Cisco Purpose Built Switch hardware team.\nDefine and design the next generation Hyperscaler Switch hardware based on Silicon One and/or merchant ASIC, as well as CPU subsystem.\nResponsible for system and board level specification, schematic capture, FPGA design, ASIC/System level bring up and troubleshooting.\nThe individual is expected to bring up the system to work with multiple groups including ASIC, DFT, Signal Integrity, software, Diagnostics and Manufacturing team to resolve any design issues.\nDebug and troubleshoot in labs using scopes and analyzers\nAct as technical liaison with major component Suppliers for the product\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or Telecommunications and 5 years of experience, or Master’s degree with 3+ years,\nPrior experience with common HW technology, including power, clock, memory, CPU, and variety of system interfaces.\nPrevious experience with complex high-speed board design and board bring-up.\nPrior experience with schematics/layout, Hardware bring-up, trouble-shooting, system level testing.\nExperience with working with Software team on system bring-up and porting, devices configuration (registers level).\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with high speed Ethernet interfaces and optics in 25G, 100G, 400G, 800G, 1.6T\nExperience with x86 or ARM CPU development in Datacenter or Server/HPC\nExperience with schematics, PCB and Verilog HDL/VHDL design\nExperience with lab bring up and design validation of products\nKnowledge on the Ethernet protocol is a plus\nExperience with DRAM, CPU subcomplex and control interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, MDC/MDIO\nSelf-motivation, teamwork and strong communication skills are essential.\nWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\nWhy Cisco?\nAt 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.\nFueled 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. 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