Hardware Engineer-Power

Job Description

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, expanding the breadth of your knowledge, designing power and delivering amazing products to the market.

Your Impact

As a 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.

Responsibilities:

Develop and qualify System power to meet the power requirements of new products.

Participate in power design verification tests.

Develop and execute test plans for upcoming power designs.

Document procedures, plans, and specifications used by the Power team.

Ensure that all hardware engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with the organization's established policies and objectives

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.

Design/develop power systems to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.

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 5+ years of experience or a master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering or Power electronics with 3+ years of experience or PhD with 0+ years of related experience.

Experience with power design or power electronics or analog design.

Experience with design tools for example Concept or Allegro or LTspice or PSpice.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You have a background in analog or power design and possess the capabilities to learn quickly
• Knowledge and interest in both Board Mounted and Front-End Power hardware design. Proficient in all power design topologies.
• Circuit simulations, circuit/system analysis, design analog circuit/system, digital circuit/system.
• Schematic capture and CAD layout review tools.
• Experience using Stability analyzers, oscilloscopes, function-generators, electronic loads, bench programmable AC or DC power sources etc.
• Experience with designing power supplies to meet international regulatory requirements, EMC requirements, reliability requirements, environmental requirements, and leading telecom industry requirements including NEBS.
• Strong knowledge of components, materials and manufacturing processes, and quality assurance (QA) including performing design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Experience with and expertise in troubleshooting complex analog or power designs.
• Experience in designing system power for highest efficiency.
• Familiar with Firmware, Mechanical and thermal design in Power Supply.
• Knowledge of software like Phyton, Labview, C++ and system design.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated, able to work with no direct supervision.
• Ability to think and act pro-actively and drive issues to resolution.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent presentation skills, with a focus on presenting to various audiences effectively.
• Ability to quickly document the results of your work in a clear, concise, and complete manner.