Distinguished Hardware Engineer

Cisco UK

San Jose, California, USA
Base: $273,200.00 - $442,600.00; bonus/equity: not...
Root cause investigations
Defensive design principles
Hardware quality standards
This is a senior-level technical leadership position for someone passionate about defining and advancing hardware quality standards across Cisco’s high-performance portfolio, including switching, routing, and AI data center compute products

Job Summary

  • This is a senior-level technical leadership position for someone passionate about defining and advancing hardware quality standards across Cisco’s high-performance portfolio, including switching, routing, and AI data center compute products.
  • Lead high-stakes root cause analysis and corrective action programs, addressing critical failures across design, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure both immediate remediation and long-term architectural robustness.
  • Advise executive leadership on product roadmaps, represent Cisco’s quality commitments to key customers, and elevate the engineering community through mentorship and industry-wide influence.

Matching Summary

This is a senior-level technical leadership position for someone passionate about defining and advancing hardware quality standards across Cisco’s high-performance portfolio, including switching, routing, and AI data center compute products.

Salary

Base: $273,200.00 - $442,600.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, paid parental leave, disability, life insurance, stock units, paid time off

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Root cause investigations
  • Defensive design principles
  • Hardware quality standards
  • Field telemetry data analysis
  • Executive-level customer representation

Nice-to-have

  • Industry recognition
  • Mentorship and influence
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Fearless innovation

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of experience
  • Master's degree with 14+ years of experience
  • PhD with 10+ years of experience
  • 15+ years of board and system failure domain experience
  • Experience resolving systemic quality issues at scale
  • Expert-level customer and field issue investigation skills
  • Experience applying large-scale data analysis

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Not specified

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