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Senior High Speed System Application Engineer

Cisco
Milpitas, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/20/2025

The application window is expected to close on 3 / 3 / 25.

This position requires that you commute to the San Jose, CA office 5 days a week.

Meet the Team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.

Cisco Silicon One is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches through web-scale data centers and across service providers, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

Your Impact

In this role, you will be developing cutting-edge next-generation high-speed interconnect for deployment in data centers around the world. You will lead the activities of supporting internal and external customers with all requests related to Silicon One high-speed interfaces, including the development of new features and bug fixes. Other responsibilities include :

  • Develop and execute electrical characterization testing for high-speed interconnect devices
  • Support characterization, validation, compliance, and system integration of Silicon One devices
  • Work with ASIC, system, and signal integrity team to evaluate design tradeoffs, optimize design solutions, and review SI / PI designs
  • Develop automation and analysis tools for lab measurements and data processing in Python and / or Matlab
  • Drive methodology development, including best practices for Cisco's high-speed solutions and platforms to handle different system cases
  • You will work with the Design, Signal Integrity, Routing SW / HW, SDK, and Production and Assembly teams.

Minimum Qualifications

  • MSEE or Computer Engineering degree with 4 years of lab and related experience, or BSEE or Computer Engineering degree with 7 years of lab and related experience.
  • 2 years' hands-on experience with high-speed interface systems and high-speed lab measurements : usage of RF components (RF cable, bias tee, DC block) and test equipment (sampling scope, real-time scope, PPG, BERT, VNA, electrical spectrum analyzer)
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces and analog building blocks PLL, CDR, CTLE, DFE, FFE, and FEC
  • Programming knowledge in Python and C / C
  • Strong debugging skills
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong documentation, problem-solving, and technical communication skills
  • Experience working cross-functionally and collaborating with various technical teams
  • MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering with 4 years lab experience
  • Knowledge of IEEE 802.3 and OIF specifications
  • Experience with Signal integrity, DSP, and communication systems
  • You are a problem solver who loves to tackle new challenges and a self-starter who is highly motivated and thrives on innovative technology.
  • You are a strong communicator in a team setting, enjoy working in a dynamic team environment, and are an out-of-the-box thinker.
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    Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

    We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

    Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

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