ASIC Board Design Engineer

About the role

Cisco Silicon One builds hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco's Switching, Routing and Wireless products. This ASIC Board Design Engineer role leads silicon board designs and acts as the technical decision-maker for flagship hardware programs, working with mechanics, thermal design, PCB layout and software/RTL teams. The work takes place in the lab, from concept through to mass production.

Key responsibilities

• Define product specifications and develop electrical schematics
• Lead critical component selection
• Drive layout, signal integrity/power integrity (SI/PI), thermal and packaging co-design throughout the product lifecycle
• Lead PCB bring-up, power rail characterization and systematic hardware debugging to deliver first-pass working hardware

Required profile

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience as a hardware/board design engineer, with a track record of designing, delivering and bringing up complex electronic hardware projects

Required skills

• High-speed, high-density, multi-layer PCB design
• Complex boards with ASICs, FPGAs or high-performance processors
• Preferred: high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet and SerDes (25 Gbps and above)
• Preferred: signal integrity and power integrity, power architecture, lab equipment, board bring-up and debugging