Senior Hardware Design Engineer

The application window is expected to close on 10 / 30 / 2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose office location.

Meet the Team

We are a close-knit, creative, and multi-skilled team where each person is unique, but we bring our talents together to design complex next generation Data Center switching products. These are cloud-enhanced systems powered by specialized Cisco Silicon One ASICs. These high-bandwidth networking switches deliver the performance and functionality that scale to meet the needs of future large Data Centers & AI Clusters.

Your Impact

• Designing the hardware for Data Center Products to deliver the best quality, best power efficiency, for groundbreaking network technology at the highest bit rates possible.
• Responsible for hardware definition and design, development, analysis to qualification and final product release.
• Work closely with other multi-functional teams and vendors during the development of the product, solving complicated problems along the way.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

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. Simply put - we power the future.

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.