Systems Engineer - Sustaining/Qualification Engineer

Cisco - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Jose, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Systems Engineer role at Cisco's Common Hardware Group involves coordinating engineering efforts, addressing technical challenges, and collaborating with multi-functional teams to deliver innovative hardware solutions. This position requires a strong technical background and the ability to work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure successful product integration and performance validation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and contribute to engineering work, including specifications and test plans.
• Interact, lead, and address challenging technical problems with multi-functional teams.
• Act as technical liaison to key suppliers for product and technical perspectives.
• Assist with decision-making to resolve technical tradeoffs and operational considerations.
• Participate in hardware integration, validation, and performance of products like GPUs, NICs, FC HBAs, and RAID Controllers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, electrical or electronics with 7+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Compute Servers, Network Switches, and PCIe Adapters.
• Experience in writing scripts with Shell scripting/Python.
• Prior experience in lab system bring up & validation.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to collaborate with other teams, including software, BIOS, BMC, Diagnostics and QA.
• Prior experience working with GPUs and Networking Cards.
• Master's in Computer Engineering or computer science or electrical or electronics degree with 4+ years of relevant work experience.

Benefits

• Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday and a day off for birthday.
• Accrual of up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year.
• Access to paid time away for critical or emergency issues without tapping into PTO.
• Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program.