Cisco

Hardware (Power) Engineer

Cisco$135K — $193K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Power Electronics plus 5+ years of experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with no experience.
  • Experience in power design, power electronics, or analog design.
  • Familiarity with power design topologies like buck and buck-boost for high efficiency.
  • Proficiency in design tools such as Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, Ansys or Hyperlynx.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and qualify system power solutions for new Cisco products.
  • Create and execute test plans for power designs, documenting processes and specifications.
  • Resolve power-related field and product issues for assigned projects.
  • Conduct design reviews of schematics, BOMs, and layout routing.
  • Ensure hardware engineering projects comply with organizational policies and objectives.

Benefits

  • Working in a collaborative environment with interdisciplinary teams.
  • Opportunities for knowledge expansion across various engineering domains.
  • Contributing to innovative power solutions for leading networking products.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 07/12/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose, CA office location.

Meet the Team

Common Hardware Group (CHG) Power is a central team that supports power design across various products like Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Catalyst 9000 switches, IoT, and many others. As part of the central hardware power engineering group, you will collaborate with various functions like Hardware Design and Test, ASIC Design and Test, Power Engineering, Signal Integrity, EMC / EMI, and Mechanical Design, expanding the breadth of your knowledge, designing power, and delivering amazing products to the market.

Your Impact

As a Hardware Engineer, you will develop highly reliable Power solutions for Cisco's networking products. These products range from 10W IP phones to 3000W+ Data Center and Service Provider switches and routers. This individual will contribute to the power development team and be responsible for all design aspects of the System power.
  • Develop and qualify system power to meet the power requirements of new products.
  • Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.
  • Assist in the resolution of power-related field/product issues for assigned projects.
  • Perform design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout and routing.
  • Ensure that all hardware engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization's established policies and objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or Power electronics with 5+ years of experience or a master's degree in electrical or computer engineering or Power electronics with 3+ years of experience or PhD with 0+ years of related experience.
  • Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.
  • Experience with power design topologies such as buck, buck-boost, and design for highest efficiency.
  • Experience with any of the following tools: Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, Ansys or Hyperlynx.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge and interest in both Board Mounted and Front-End Power hardware design and solving complex analog or power designs problems.
  • Circuit simulations, circuit/system analysis, design analog circuit/system, digital circuit/system.
  • Experience in Power integrity simulation tools - PowerDC, SIWave, Hyperlinx, PCB and co-pkg simulations.
  • Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources.
  • Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
  • Knowledge of software like Python, Labview, C++ and system design.

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