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Hardware Design Engineer System Lead / SI/ System Architecture

Cisco · Milpitas, California, US · On-site

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About the role

This position requires that you live within commuting distance of our Milpitas, CA office and commute to the lab 5 days per week. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Systems Architecture: Experience with advanced networking systems, ASICs, FPGAs, high-speed memory, multi-gigabit SerDes, and advanced packaging
  • Specialized Technologies: Experience in co-packaged/near-packaged optics, signal/power integrity budget analysis, ultra-high-speed signaling, and next-generation power delivery
  • Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience with Cadence (Concept/Allegro), HyperLynx, ANSYS, Keysight ADS, and advanced lab equipment (VNA, TDR, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers)
  • Automation: Experience with creating test scripts using Python to streamline validation and design tasks
  • Problem-Solving: Analytical, methodical approach to decomposing complex issues, evaluating empirical evidence, and documenting clear, actionable conclusions
  • Collaboration: History of working effectively within cross-functional teams to drive initiatives forward
More about this role

The application window is expected to close on: 12/22/2026

This position requires that you live within commuting distance of our Milpitas, CA office and commute to the lab 5 days per week.

Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is a business organization with a long track record of building complex and high-performance Silicon ASICs. Our silicon devices drive the world’s most complex networks and carry over 90% of IP traffic. Cisco Silicon One is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio.

We are a highly specialized ASIC team with experts in all aspects of advanced IC package design and heterogeneous system integration. Our substrates use the latest 2.5D fanout technologies for large-scale integration, using the latest signaling and data transfer technologies. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the...

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