Senior Hardware Engineer (Hardware Electrical Board Designer)

The application window is expected to close on 10/10/25.

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

This position requires that you commute to the Durham, NC, RTP office 5 days per week.

Meet the Team

The Enterprise Routing organization designs and develops Cisco's Edge and Access routing products. We architect the next generation of routing technology using both internally developed and commercially available silicon. The team designs, implements, and delivers industry-leading routing products. You will be part of a dynamic and passionate team working on innovative projects.

Your Impact

As a hardware board designer, you will be involved in hardware design and development of our next generation of Service/Routing products and support our current generation of products as well.

• Participate and contribute to the system hardware design
• Contribute to hardware specification, design, development, and test
• Drive product from concept to production
• Work under the department strategy and direction
• Independently resolves and develops an approach to solutions
• Work closely with software, diagnostics, manufacturing, marketing, EDVT, and MDVT test teams throughout the development process

Minimum Qualifications

• BSEE or MSEE with 6+ years of experience in hardware electrical board design and development
• Experience in designing with x86 and/or ARM processors and designing with DDR4/DDR5 memory, PCIe gen1/gen2/gen3/gen4, SATA, USB
• Extensive experience in designing Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 100GE) and serial interfaces like I2C, SPI, UART, RS232, etc
• Experience in high-speed board design/signal integrity, and power distribution is critical, along with the use of high-speed scopes and logic analyzers
• Experience in schematic capture tools like Cadence Allegro Design Entry HDL (Concept HDL)

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-motivation, teamwork, and strong communication skills are critical
• A consistent track record of taking a design from concept to production
• Experience in using circuit simulation tools like HyperLynx, SPICE is a plus
• Experience designing Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGAs or CPLDs using Verilog

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.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.