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Hardware (Signal Integrity) Engineer

Cisco · RTP, North Carolina, US · On-site

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About the role

This role requires the employee to work onsite from RTP, NC location. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Experience with high-speed SerDes technologies such as PAM4 or NRZ, including some combination of simulation, bring-up, debugging, measurements, or optimization·
  • Experience with electromagnetic or signal integrity simulation tools, including 2D/3D field solvers on comparable platforms such as Ansys HFSS, Cadence Clarity, Sigrity, Siemens Hyperlynx
More about this role

The application window is expected to close on: 12/02/2026

This role requires the employee to work onsite from RTP, NC location.

The Networking Hardware Engineering (NHE) group creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally.

We, signal integrity team under NHE, are a close-knit, creative, and multi-skilled team where each person is unique, but we bring our talents together to work on the design and development of next-generation Security Firewall products and Campus and Date Center Routing systems. As a Signal Integrity Engineer, you will contribute to PCB board design, simulation, and validation of high speed Serdes, DDR/LPDDR and power delivery network, collaborating with experienced engineers and multi-functional teams.

  • Assist in the design and analysis of high-speed digital and analog systems from concept through to production.
  • Perform signal integrity simulations using industry-standard tools.
  • Model and analyze power delivery networks to ensure signal integrity and system reliability in next-generation hardware.
  • Optimize pre- and post-route signal integrity...

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