Component Engineering - Technical Lead

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MEET THE TEAM
The Cisco Component Quality and Technology team provides outstanding customer value through technical innovation and quality solutions. We are seeking a driven and experienced technical expert in high-speed digital design and/or digital component applications to join the team. You will work directly with Cisco design, manufacturing, and quality engineering teams, as well as component vendors.

YOUR IMPACT

As a senior member of our Component Quality and Technology team, you will have the opportunity to participate in the selection, validation, qualification, and failure analysis of semiconductor devices such as Ethernet PHYs, Retimers, CPUs, FPGAs, SOCs and other high speed digital devices.

You will analyze and influence vendor roadmaps, participate in technical reviews of RFQs, and select components for Cisco's next-generation products. You will influence Cisco's design teams to ensure that the correct devices are designed in, are used appropriately, and have adequate margin. You will partner with vendors to conduct comprehensive failure analysis on issues affecting their devices at both the component and system levels.

Responsibilities:

• Act as Cisco's domain authority for high-speed digital devices, guiding internal and external technical partners in the selection, validation, and qualification of components for Cisco products.
• Analyze and influence vendor technology roadmaps in support of Cisco product development requirements.
• Support supply chain and quality teams with technical expertise for supplier and component evaluations.
• Lead investigations and end-to-end failure analysis for components and system issues, working with vendors to define, implement, and verify corrective and preventive actions (8D, RCA, etc.).
• Evaluate and supervise vendor qualification/reliability testing including HTOL, ELFR, LU, and ESD.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years experience in high-speed digital system/board design OR Field Application Engineering with devices such as PHYs, Retimers, PCIe bridges, CPUs, FPGAs.
• Detailed knowledge of high-speed, SERDES based digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, Fibre Channel or InfiniBand.
• Strong problem-solving skills and effective conflict resolution abilities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8+ years experience in high-speed digital system/board design OR Field Application Engineering for high-speed digital devices.
• Experience with semiconductor device reliability testing and characterization methods, such as HTOL, ELFR, LU and ESD
• Experience in investigating component failures across NPI, mass production, and field returns, with knowledge of sophisticated FA techniques.

WE ARE CISCO

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put - we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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