Senior Technical Lead, Hardware Engineering Failure Analysis

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Senior Technical Lead, Hardware Engineering Failure Analysis

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+ Location:Milpitas, California, US
+ Area of InterestEngineer - Hardware
+ Compensation Range191400 USD - 281400 USD
+ Job TypeProfessional
+ Technology InterestNetworking
+ Job Id1448805

The application window has been extended and is expected to close on: 10/28/2025

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

**Meet the Team**

We are a close-knit team focused on hardware quality and failure analysis, within a larger hardware engineering organization which designs, implements, and delivers leading Switching and Routing products.

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products.

We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.

Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) 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 providers, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio.

**Your Impact**

In this highly visible role as Senior Technical Leader, Hardware Engineering Failure Analysis, you will lead complex failure analysis investigations on networking switches and router hardware.

You will be responsible for performing in-depth root cause analysis, and determination of contributing factors and corrective actions for improvement of field product quality, working with cross-functional domain leads and technical and operational teams.

You will perform and guide fault reproduction, troubleshooting, system characterization, and root cause analysis of product issues, while ensuring efficient defect tracking and resolution.

You will prepare comprehensive technical reports for customers and Cisco leadership detailing findings from product failure investigations, and recommended corrective and preventative actions.

You have a passion for technical failure investigations, hardware root cause analysis and quality engineering.

You possess an in-depth knowledge of networking products and high speed communication interfaces.

You are an excellent communicator and can present information to internal and external teams, leadership and customers.

**Minimum Qualifications**

•Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering or related degree

•15+ years of experience in hardware board circuit and system design, troubleshooting, and failure analysis

•Experience with high-speed signals and transmission technologies

•Experience with electrical diagnostics and measurement equipment - oscilloscopes, digital multimeter, Logic Analyzers, Signal or Traffic generators etc.

**Preferred Qualifications**

•Experience with CPUs/embedded CPUs, FPGAs/PLDs and good understanding of control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C

•Experience with MS Excel and data collection / analysis

•Familiarity with Python, PERL or similar scripting and execution languages

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**Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:**

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits.

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Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday.

Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period.

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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

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