Director, Hardware Engineering | Hardware design & development (enterprise & datacenter switching)

Overview

Lead a hardware development team within Cisco's Network Hardware Engineering group, delivering enterprise and datacenter switching products from architecture through production support.

What you'll do

• Lead a Hardware Development team that collaborates with cross-functional disciplines to create industry-leading products and solutions.
• Drive focus areas including innovation, new technology exploration, execution, quality, cost, and lifecycle support.
• Provide strategic direction for portfolio roadmap, resource investment, and feature development prioritization.
• Provide and manage hardware engineering support to customer-facing, internal partner, and manufacturing teams.
• Facilitate communication and creative problem-solving to identify root causes of customer and development issues, categorize failures, and implement corrective measures.
• Effectively manage vendor relationships, ensuring suitability and performance of high-quality components and alignment to project specifications.
• Create effective communication schemes to ensure team and leadership alignment.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering plus 15 years of experience, or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering plus 12 years of related experience, or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering plus 8 years of related experience.
• 6+ years of supervisory experience in managing hardware design and development teams and/or leading complex technical projects.
• Familiarity with relevant networking technologies such as Ethernet, PHYs, Switch ASIC operation, and high-speed interfaces.
• Product development lifecycle experience: taking hardware from requirements and design through qualification, manufacturing, and production support.
• Cross-functional collaboration: ability to work with firmware, software, signal integrity, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve technical issues and deliver products.

Nice to have

• Solid technical knowledge and ability to guide technical failure analysis investigations and design optimization.
• Hands-on experience with board or system design, schematic and PCB review, prototype bring-up, testing, and hardware debug.
• Familiarity with mechanical and thermal designs, constraints, trade-offs, and how they affect product performance and reliability.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.