Hardware Engineer- Power Electronics Analog Design - BLR 4 To 8 Yrs

Meet the Team

Common Hardware Group (CHG) Power is a central team that supports power design across various products like Cisco 8000 Series Routers, Catalyst 9000 switches, IoT, and many others. As part of the central hardware power engineering group, you will collaborate with various functions like Hardware Design and Test, ASIC Design and Test, Power Engineering, Signal Integrity, EMC / EMI, and Mechanical Design, growing the breadth of your knowledge, designing power and delivering outstanding products to the market.

Your Impact

As a Power Hardware Engineer, you will develop highly reliable Power solutions for Cisco's networking products. These products range from 10W IP phones to 3000W+ Data Center and Service Provider switches and routers. This individual will contribute to the power development team and be responsible for all design aspects of the System power.

• Develop and qualify system power to meet the power requirements of new products.
• Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs and document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.
• Assist in the resolution of power-related field/product issues for assigned projects.
• Engage with power supply vendors to develop power supply that meets Cisco Quality requirement and timeline.
• Perform design reviews of schematics, BOMs, layout and routing.
• Perform and review failure analysis (FA), root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action reports (CAR), and 8D reports.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or power electronics with 4+ years of experience or a Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or Power electronics with 2+ years of experience

• Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.
• Experience with power design topologies such as buck, buck-boost, and design for highest efficiency.
• Experience with any of the following tools: Concept, Allegro, LTspice, PSpice, Simplis, Mathcad, PowerDC, SIWave, Ansys or Hyperlynx.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and interest in both Board Mounted and Front-End Power hardware design and solving complex analog or power designs problems.
• Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources.
• Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
• Strong knowledge of components, materials and manufacturing processes, and quality assurance (QA) including performing design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Experience with designing power supplies to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.
• Knowledge of software like Python, Labview, C++ and system design.
  
  

Why 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.

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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