Cisco

Senior Hardware Engineer - SoC Electrical Failure Analysis (Hybrid)

Cisco$165K — $241K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 6+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year of experience.
  • Experience in electrical post-silicon validation, SoC failure analysis, and high-speed mixed-signal design.
  • Proficient in driving SoC failure analysis efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead failure analysis to identify contributing factors and corrective actions.
  • Drive initiatives to enhance product performance, yield, and reliability.
  • Define and refine post-silicon validation plans for functionality and performance.
  • Analyze device performance metrics such as waveforms and jitter.
  • Validate system-level behavior under real-world network conditions.
  • Contribute to chip screening test and observability software development with Python and C++.
  • Participate in ongoing quality and reliability improvement efforts.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to engage in multiple stages of the product lifecycle.
  • Access to a collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation.
  • Work on critical projects impacting product reliability and performance.
  • Training and professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 09/29/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This position requires that you live within commuting distance of our San Jose, CA office and commute to the office at least 3-5 days per week.

Your Impact

We are seeking a versatile Senior Hardware Engineer to join the team. Your involvement across multiple stages of the product lifecycle offers a unique opportunity to engage with a broad range of technical fields. In this highly visible role, you will play a key part in ensuring our products perform reliably, from pre-silicon validation and post-silicon bring-up through manufacturing support, field issue resolution, and ongoing quality and reliability improvements.

  • Lead and participate in failure analysis efforts, determining contributing factors and corrective actions
  • Lead activities aiming at improving product performance, yield, and reliability
  • Define, and refine post silicon validation plans covering functionality, performance characterization, and reliability
  • Capture, analyze, and interpret device performance, waveforms, eye diagrams, jitter, BER, PDN measurements, power supply stability and noise.
  • Validate system-level behavior under real-world networking workloads
  • Contribute to the chip screening test and observability software library (Python, C++)

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of relevant experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ years of relevant related work experience.
  • Relevant experience: Electrical post-silicon validation (Vmin, leakage, PVT characterization, ...), SoC failure analysis, Power and signal integrity, High speed mixed-signal design, DFT, SRAM design and/or integration.
  • Experience in driving SoC failure analysis efforts.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in brining up complex SoC
  • Experience with electrical diagnostics and measurement equipment (Oscilloscopes, VNA, BERT, logic analyzers...)
  • Experience in high-speed physical interfaces
  • Experience in design for test (DFT)
  • Experience in physical and/or logic design
  • Experience in memory design and MBIST
  • Experience with schematics and layout files for sophisticated electrical systems
  • Software development experience with Python, C++ or similar language
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals and protocols

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