Hardware Lab Engineer

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This role requires the employee to work onsite at the San Jose, CA office location.

Common Hardware Group (CHG) is the development organization within Cisco. Be part of the Service Provider Hardware team inside Cisco's Common Hardware Group (CHG). This team works on the Cisco 8000 product line both modular and fixed platforms. The team works on exciting new development for the Cisco 8000 product line, based on Cisco's Silicon One ASIC.

You will work with a diverse group composed of the brightest problem solvers and innovators in the Hardware Development Team located in San Jose. The team is responsible for the bring-up and testing of Prototype hardware of the next generation of Cisco 8000 products.

• Collaborate with Hardware Design and other functional groups to develop, bring up and test Prototype hardware.

• Complete bring-up and test next generation hardware.

• Work closely with multi-functional teams including Hardware Design, ASIC team, Diags, manufacturers and vendors.

• Track prototypes distribute across functional groups and geographies.

• Repair and Upgrade HW Prototypes in the validation process.

• Fixing hardware failures to component level

• Bachelor's degree with 2yrs+ of testing and troubleshooting of Cisco networking hardware or equivalent experience.
• Experience in debugging & diagnostic methodology, hardware debugging essentials.
• Experience in hardware blocks & subsystems and Network Communication Equipment.

• Able to read schematics and PCB layouts.
• Proficiency in defining tests, setting up, and working with laboratory tools (multimeters, oscilloscopes, data acquisition, calipers, etc.)
• Experienced in configuration and operation of Ixia traffic generators.
• Experienced with Cisco IOS XR and Cisco CLI

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees
  ** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours ofunused sick time carried forward from one calendar yearto the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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