Cisco
Your Role:
As a Power Hardware Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing reliable power solutions for Cisco’s networking products, ranging from 10W IP phones to high-power 3000W+ data center switches and service provider routers. You’ll play an important role in the power development team, taking ownership of system power design and ensuring dependable performance across products.
*Design and validate system power solutions to meet the requirements of new product development.
*Prepare and execute test plans for upcoming power designs while maintaining related documentation, procedures, and technical specifications.
*Support the investigation and resolution of power-related issues encountered during product development and in the field.
*Work closely with power supply vendors to develop solutions that meet Cisco’s quality standards and project timelines.
*Review schematics, BOMs, PCB layouts, and routing to ensure design quality and compliance.
*Conduct and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), corrective action reports (CAR), and 8D reports to drive continuous improvement.
Minimum Qualifications:
*Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Power Electronics with at least 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience, or a PhD with a minimum of 1 year of related industry experience.
*Hands-on experience in power electronics, power supply design, or analog circuit design.
*Strong understanding of power converter topologies such as buck and buck-boost converters, along with designing for maximum power efficiency.
*Experience using industry-standard design and simulation tools like Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, Ansys, or HyperLynx.
Preferred Qualifications:
*Good understanding of both board-mounted and front-end power hardware design, with the ability to solve complex analog and power design challenges.
*Familiarity with modern power technologies such as TLVR, CFP, and vertical power delivery used in high-power ASIC-based system designs.
*Practical experience working with stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function generators, electronic loads, and programmable AC/DC bench power supplies.
*Basic knowledge of firmware, mechanical design, and thermal aspects related to power supply development.
*Strong understanding of electronic components, materials, manufacturing processes, quality assurance practices, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles.
*Experience designing power supplies that comply with international standards, EMC regulations, reliability and environmental requirements, along with telecom standards such as NEBS.
*Working knowledge of programming and engineering tools such as Python, LabVIEW, C++, along with a solid understanding of overall system design.
