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Your Impact- Conduct semiconductor component selection, testing, and qualification to meet product specifications.
- Lead investigations and end-to-end failure analysis for component and system issues, working with vendors to define, implement, and verify corrective and preventive actions (8D, RCCA, etc.)
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on component selection, risk assessment, design reviews, and proactively drive risk mitigation.
- Analyze and influence vendor technology roadmaps in support of Cisco product development requirements.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields
- 2+ years of experience in the semiconductor/networking/server/computer/embedded industry
Preferred Qualifications- 4+ years of experience in the semiconductor/networking/server/computer/embedded industry.
- Experience with semiconductor components including ASICs, XPUs, FPGAs, PHYs, SerDes retimers.
- Strong understanding of semiconductor design, fabrication, characterization, qualification, testing, quality, reliability, failure analysis
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders including hardware and software engineering, operations and manufacturing.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive technical initiatives.
- Experience with high-speed design and hardware designs with x86 or ARM CPUs.
- Knowledge of semiconductor device reliability testing methods, such as HTOL, ELFR, LU and ESD
- Experience in investigating component failures across NPI, mass production, and field returns, with knowledge of sophisticated FA techniques.
- Understanding of control interfaces such as PCIe, MDIO, SPI, I2C.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:The starting salary range posted for this position is $135,800.00 to $193,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
- Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
- Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
- .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.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$135,800.00 - $222,400.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$122,000.00 - $197,900.00
* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
