SI Engineer
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Looking for a Signal Integrity Engineer to support Cisco's Security and Enterprise Routing systems team, the successful candidate will play a key role in the design, simulation, and validation of our next-generation hardware.
Join our team working on the design and development of next-generation Security products and Enterprise Routing systems. As a Signal Integrity Engineer, you will contribute to system design, simulation, and validation, collaborating with experienced engineers and cross-functional team, · Assist in the design and analysis of high-speed digital and analog systems from concept through to production.
· Support signal integrity simulations using industry-standard tools.
· Modeling and analyzing power delivery networks.
· Perform pre- and post-route signal integrity analysis of PCBs.
· Support prototype function bring-up, and system-level validation and troubleshooting.
· Collaborate with hardware, layout, and validation teams to resolve technical issues.
· Contribute to documentation, data analysis, and correlation of simulation and lab measurements.
Participate in technical discussions with guidance from senior team members.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
· 3-5 years of relevant experience in signal integrity or hardware design.
· Knowledge of transmission line theory and high-speed circuit fundamentals.
· Familiarity with simulation tools such as SPICE, HSPICE, or similar.
· Experience with 2D/3D field solver tools (e.g., HFSS, CST, Q2D, Q3D).
· Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, TDR, or VNA is desirable.
· Strong teamwork and communication skills.
· Motivation to learn and solve technical challenges.
· Experience with IBIS, HSPICE, ADS, MATLAB, Cadence PowerSI AC/DC, Allegro.
· Exposure to high-speed interface technologies (e.g., SerDes, LVDS, CML).
· Working experience with high-speed DDR links, NRZ and PAM4 SerDes, as well as high-speed PCB/package development and PI analysis, is a plus.
Coursework or project experience in signal integrity, power noise analysis, or related fields.