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Principal Hardware Architect - ASIC & System Integration, Cisco Silicon One (Hybrid)

Cisco$233K — $330K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with extensive signal and power integrity experience
  • Minimum 15 years of experience with a Bachelor's, or 12 years with a Master's, or 8 years with a PhD in relevant field
  • Proven experience in System Architecture for hardware systems, managing design trade-offs
  • Demonstrated track record in securing executive buy-in for complex strategic initiatives
  • Experience presenting customer-facing materials for strategic projects

Responsibilities

  • Drive architectural strategy across product lines and customer accounts
  • Engage with customers to gather feedback for product improvement
  • Collaborate with product marketing for future product architecture
  • Participate in standards committees to shape industry practices
  • Coordinate with engineering teams for high-quality product delivery
  • Support customer demonstrations at various events
  • Author and contribute to white papers and tutorials for marketing

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexible in-office schedule
  • Opportunities to influence future product designs
  • Engagement in cutting-edge innovations within the networking sector
  • Access to internal labs and demonstration facilities
  • Participation in distinguished industry conferences and standards committees
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 11/26/2026

This role involves a hybrid work model, with a flexible in-office schedule that requires commuting to the Milpitas, CA office.

Your Impact

We are seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer to serve as a key technical authority within our networking organization. This role transcends individual product lines, positioning you to drive architectural strategy across internal cross-functional groups and our most strategic customer accounts. You will act as the vital link between cutting-edge innovation and real-world market success, shaping the future of our product portfolio from initial concept to field deployment.

The target technology area goes beyond a single product or product line, and will require working with multiple groups inside Cisco, and customers. This position requires high skill levels in architecture, implementation, design, evangelize, marketing support, and account team engagement.
  • Actively participate in engagements with current and potential customers. Ensure feedback from customers is incorporated into future products, working with product management and engineering
  • Work with product marketing on future product architectures
  • Actively participates in standards committees to influence industry practices.
  • Work with hardware, software and test engineering to deliver quality products to the field
  • Work with external vendors to ensure they can deliver products which meet our needs for future products
  • Support customer demonstrations at internal labs, demo labs, and/or trade shows and conferences
  • Author/co-author white papers and user tutorials for the Marketplace
  • Collaborate with Field Solutions and CSE teams to leverage expertise and scaling potential
  • Provide technical TOI and NPI training in various customer-oriented events


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 15+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and 12+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering and 8+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience.
  • At least 5 years' experience driving System Architecture of hardware systems, including tradeoffs between signal integrity, power integrity, thermal design, total power consumption, cost and schedule.
  • At least 5 years experience driving cross-functional buy-in and approval of complex strategic programs with interior executive management (concept commit, architectural commit, execution commit)
  • At least 5 years experience generating, driving cross-functional review of and presenting customer-facing materials for strategic projects.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrates impactful proficiency in system architecture, hardware, and software design, including FPGA and ASIC design and verification, system bring-up and debug, and thermal design.
  • Exhibits effective skills in articulating complex ideas and technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing.
  • Possesses successful documentation and organizational capabilities, adept at defining workflows that clarify priorities, setting meeting agendas, recording, and distributing notes, and driving tradeoffs to resolution with key stakeholders.
  • Demonstrates leadership excellence with experience building and nurturing technical relationships across customer architects, software teams, and Cisco cloud, data center, and network product teams and partners.
  • Excels in communication, with experience developing presentations, whitepapers, and architectural documents in collaboration with platform engineering.
  • Skilled in customer presentations, preparing thoroughly and responding dynamically to guide discussions positively.
  • Exhibits exceptional decision-making, conflict resolution, perseverance, and follow-through to ensure successful outcomes.


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