Electrical Product Engineer (Hybrid

The application window is expected to close on: 12/23/2025. This role is hybrid based 4 times a week in the Cisco's San Jose office.

The Data Center Networking group is looking for a motivated and experienced individual to provide electrical product engineering support for new and sustaining products. This individual will be responsible for products’ cost and quality from NPI to EOL. For this position, the individual will be working on future AI network solutions.

Electrical Product Engineer provides new product and ongoing engineering (including DFM) for a specific product or group of products from pre-concept commit through end of life. For new products, this individual will collaborate with design engineers (hardware, mechanical and software), process, test and reliability engineering to tackle problems and ensure cost avoidance and quality  sustaining products, this individual will focus on cost reduction and design related yield improvements.

• New product Engineering / Product sustaining engineering.
• Design for Manufacturing.
• Value engineering - Engage early with Component Engineering, GSM and Hardware engineering and influence on component selection, process efficiency, and design changes.
• BOM structuring and BOM risk Management.
• Design tools proficiency (Valor, schematic, CAD, other CAE tools).
• Design lab experimentation / debug (proficiency continuum) / DOE/EFA.
• Assessing CM and supply chain technical capability gaps.
• Creating, analyzing, and releasing product documentation.
• Cost avoidance (pre-A0) and sustaining cost reduction.
• Technical lifecycle management (defect reduction team participation, new component qualification, etc).
• Mfg. (Process) FMEA review.
• Design FMEA engagement and review.
• Design diagnostic analysis and input / influence.
• Debug and board bring up.
• Leadership and direction of complex issue resolution.
• Using various diagnostic tools, debug and trouble-shoot failing system down to board level and also boards down to component level.

• 8+ years of related experience. Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Understanding of system hardware architectures, design concepts and engineering development practices.
• Characterize timing interface using scope, logic analyzers, TDR. Test, debug and bring-up prototype boards.
• Experience with Allegro and Valor along with understanding of PCB fabrication process and technology.
• Good understanding of the end-to-end process for Printed Circuit Board Assembly and entire product life cycle.

• Experience working on routers and data center switch products.