Hardware Engineering Technical Leader

Meet the Team

Cisco is redefining the future of networking, cloud, and security! Our Product Operations team is seeking a Hardware Technical Leader within product engineering to drive technical excellence, end-to-end product realization, and multi-functional execution for next-generation data center networking products. You are joining a Product Operations team that leads New Product Introduction, as well as sustaining the products after launches.

Your Impact

Our Product Operations Organization is looking to you be our team's technical authority and trusted advisor. We would like you to proactively identify and participate in the resolution of sophisticated problems that impact the direction of the business. You will act as a technical driver within our data center networking product operations team and will be owning the effort in engineering problem-solving and driving design-for-excellence (DFX) initiatives. Teamwork is vital to our success, so you will collaborate with multi-functional teams (ASIC, HW & Power Design, Signal Integrity, SI/PI, Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Quality) to ensure successful new product launches and provide guidance in resolving sophisticated sustainment issues. We will look to you to lead the new manufacturing process enablement efforts for new technology at our factories and help define implementation guidelines for very complex hardware builds with our manufacturing partners. You will also resolve highly sophisticated issues in product development, production phases, and throughout our product life cycle.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSEE or equivalent & 12 years of related experience, or MSEE or equivalent & 8 years of experience in high-speed, digital systems design
• Expertise in understanding DfX (Manufacturing/Cost/Quality) methodology and related parallel frameworks
• Experience with NPI, the product development lifecycle and related operations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in networking product development
• Experiences working with electronic systems manufacturers
• Be able to demonstrate the ability to lead or guide teams made up of multi-functional teams within Cisco
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to tackle technical problems
• Ability to provide high-level crisis management through anticipation of issues, problems or events and actively resolving them
• Have the capacity to see and articulate a vision that inspires change!

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:

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’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.