Cisco · 15 hours ago
Hardware Engineer (Onsite)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$152K/yr - $222K/yr
7+ years expCisco is revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era. The Hardware Engineer will develop and work with next-generation technology to build Cisco hardware products, ensuring quality standards and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and testing.
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Responsibilities
Act as a Product Test Engineer in Silicon Operations Quality and Reliability team who will partner with NPI Product Test Engineering teams, DFT, and Design Engineering to define and run ATE and CFT testing for qualification and reliability testing, define qualification hardware designs, and run qualification test data analytics
Perform silicon RMA FA on ATE and CFT to replicate fails seen at system level to get to root cause and apply corrective actions. Your will use silicon debug tools to isolate the failure to flop or cel level
Collaborate with Silicon Engineering teams on creating new test coverage to catch systems failures
Suggest how to subsequently improve test coverage for new revisions of test programs to catch diagnosed system failures
Specify new patterns and parametric conditions to cover any perceived test gaps, bring them up on ATE, correlate to system fails and transition into volume manufacturing
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience) along with 7+ years' experience in IC test engineering, SOC/VLSI test bring-up, characterization and production testing
Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93000 tester for silicon debug and characterization
Hand-on experience in silicon test debug, root causing silicon failures to flop or cell level
Highly skilled in writing code in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, Python
Excellent troubleshooting skills
Preferred
Experienced in IC component qualification and reliability failure modes
Good working knowledge of data analysis and tools such as JMP, statistical methods and using AIML for test data analytics
Hands-on knowledge in analyzing component failures at a system level, fault isolation, electrical & physical FA techniques
Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year
Flexible vacation time off program
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
Company
Cisco
Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products. It is a sub-organization of Cisco Press.
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