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# Hardware Engineer - FPGA

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $152,400.0 - $221,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Routing, Software Requirements Analysis, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Application Specific Integrated Circuits
- **Published:** July 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/733249AF4702442F8A38B64A75A0417B/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree and 7+ years of related experience Or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree and 4+ years of related experience
 * FPGA or ASIC development experience from specification to production.
 * Experience with Verilog/System Verilog RTL coding
 * Experience with industry leading FPGA devices and tools., * Recent experience with UVM and/or VMM Verification methodology.
 * Experience with high-speed design debug.
 * Experience with advanced microprocessor-based design.
 * Low level networking card debug experience.
 * Experience with CPU based peripherals architecture.

## Description

This is an onsite role and will require working out of the Milpitas office location at least 4 days/week., You will work on cutting edge, next generation routers powering AI buildout. You will be responsible for taking networking system requirements, mapping them into functional blocks for FPGA implementation, working with the cross functional team to address development requirements, participate in validation of the system, and release to manufacturing. You will work on the High-End Routing team that designs the ASR8000 routers. You will be a member of the FPGA team that designs control path FPGAs for the various boards. You will interface with Diagnostics, Software, Board design, Manufacturing and Hardware Qualification teams to ensure smooth delivery of the project. You are an experienced FPGA designer able to write RTL code, run simulations, address timing and other constraints, then generate programming files. You can work with many teams to resolve system level issues. In addition, you have good analytical skills and can deal with the complexity of System Hardware and Software
interactions. You have a grasp of the system design for a router or line card and are also able to lead meetings, drive issues to resolution, and communicate clearly with all stakeholders.


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