Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - FPGA & System Design

Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - FPGA & System Design

Location: Milpitas, California, US

Area of Interest: Engineer - Hardware

Compensation Range: 165700 USD - 232900 USD

Job Type: Professional

Job Id: 1427194

The application window is expected to close on September 26, 2024.

Who We Are

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. Our products account for approximately ¾ of Cisco’s product revenue. With ~2,100 employees across 16 countries, we design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.

What You’ll Do

You will work on cutting edge, next generation routers powering AI buildout. You will be responsible for taking networking system requirements, mapping them into functional blocks for FPGA implementation, working with the cross functional teams to address development requirements, participate in validation of the system, and release to manufacturing. You will partner with the Software team to make sure the Software/Hardware system operates properly. In addition, you’ll work with architects on product design and definition and mentor junior engineers.

Who You’ll Work With

You will work in the High-End Routing team that designs the ASR8000 routers as part of the FPGA team designing control path FPGAs for the various boards. You will collaborate with Diagnostics, Software, Board design, Manufacturing and Hardware qualification teams to ensure smooth delivery of the project.

Who You Are

You are an experienced FPGA designer able to write RTL code, run simulations, address timing and other constraints, then generate programming files. You can work with many teams to resolve system level issues. In addition, you have good analytical skills and can deal with the complexity of System Hardware and Software interactions. You have a grasp of the system design for a router or line card and are also able to lead meetings, drive issues to resolution, and communicate clearly with all stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree and 8+ years of related experience.
• FPGA development expertise from specification to production.
• Experience using Verilog/System Verilog RTL coding.
• Experience with industry leading FPGA devices and tools.

Preferred requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree and 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience with UVM and/or VMM Verification methodology.
• Experience with advanced microprocessor-based design.
• Experience with networking card development from definition to production, i.e. cards with CPU & NPU.
• Low level networking card debug experience.
• Experience with CPU based peripherals architecture.

This is an onsite role and will require working out of the San Jose office location at least 4 days/week.

Why Cisco?

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