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

Network Hardware Engineering (NHE) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, Wireless, & Industrial products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from architecture to design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

• Lead a Hardware Development team that collaborates with cross-functional disciplines to create industry-leading products and solutions.  Focus areas include 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 & 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

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