Hardware Test Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 9/30/2025

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 dynamic, energetic, and dedicated team on the product delivery of industry-leading switches and routers. Our team's hallmarks are collaboration, high quality, integrity, customer focus, and innovation!

Your Impact

You will be a pivotal new product development and sustaining team member. You will be responsible for defining and implementing the platform host test procedures and carrying out the host design test characterization and qualification. Your focus will be on interfaces from 1Gbit/s to 800Gbit/s across all media, from direct-attach copper cables to Multimode Fiber to Single-Mode Fiber, and you'll work on multiple hardware platforms across Cisco.

• Review engineering specs and develop test strategies for new products.
• Integrate new equipment and develop test systems and environments.
• Leverage automation to implement test strategy & improve efficiency
• Test product's compliance with internal specs as well as industry standards
• Provide detailed issue mitigation & drive issues to closure.
• Document test plans, procedures, & test reports
• Help root cause field issues & support customer escalations
• Collaborate with system designers, SI engineers, SW/diagnostics engineers, customer escalation engineers, & external vendors to ensure robust test methodology & timely issue mitigation, resulting in high product quality.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering with 5+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with electrical or optical test & measurement equipment. E.g., oscilloscopes w/CDR, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, noise generators, traffic generators
• Experience with high-speed SERDES Or signal integrity

• Experience in optical transceiver theory, functional blocks, and form factors (SFP, QSFP, QSFPDD...)
• Experience in optical signal measurement
• You have experience with troubleshooting & diagnostics and instrument control & automation.
• Experience building HW/Optics physical layer evaluation methodologies based on the product requirement, scripting (e.g., Python) for the measurement automation
• Experience with fundamental hardware blocks & subsystems - CPU/microcontrollers, LVDS signaling, clocking, & power issues; familiar with schematic and board layout
• Familiarity with the following standards - IEEE 802.3, OIF/CEI, MSA, SFF8431

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.