Distinguished Hardware Engineer

Cisco
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Communication","Problem-solving"]

Senior hardware engineering leader responsible for defining hardware quality strategies, leading root-cause investigations across design, manufacturing and supply chain, and guiding defensive design and data-driven reliability improvements forCisco’s high-performance hardware portfolio.

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Distinguished Hardware Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior hardware engineering leader responsible for defining hardware quality strategies, leading root-cause investigations across design, manufacturing and supply chain, and guiding defensive design and data-driven reliability improvements forCisco’s high-performance hardware portfolio.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and govern comprehensive hardware quality strategies and validation standards, ensuring long-term reliability for hyperscaler, enterprise, and AI data center markets.
  • •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.
  • •Institutionalize lessons learned from field and manufacturing failures by championing “defensive design” principles—such as enhanced fault tolerance and design margins—to prevent recurring issues in future generations.
  • •Utilize large-scale data analysis and AI-driven pattern recognition on field telemetry to proactively identify systemic trends and mitigate emerging risks before they impact customers.
  • •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.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRsusEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience; Master’s degree with 14+ years; or PhD with 10+ years of related experience.
  • •Established depth across board and system failure domains, with a proven track record of influencing hardware design decisions upstream at the portfolio level.
  • •Extensive experience resolving critical, systemic quality issues across high-performance hardware programs at scale.
  • •Expert-level skills in leading investigations for the highest-severity customer and field issues.
  • •Experience applying data analysis at scale—leveraging field datasets, telemetry, and reliability databases—to execute proactive corrective actions.
Experience:Hardware
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:CT scanningX-raySEMEDSThermal imagingTelemetryReliability databasesData analysis

Company Brief

Cisco
Global technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and products for enterprises, service providers, and governments worldwide.
Industry: Networking Equipment
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1984
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