Senior Hardware Engineering Failure Analysis Technical Lead
Cisco · Milpitas, CA · Product and Engineering
About this role
Cisco is hiring a senior-level Technical Lead in the software engineering function based in Milpitas, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, System Design, Networking. Compensation is listed at $191,400–$281,400 per year.
- Role
- Technical Lead
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Milpitas, CA
- Department
- Product and Engineering
- Posted
- May 5, 2026
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Job description
from Cisco careersJob posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Meet the TeamWe are a close-knit team focused on hardware quality and failure analysis, within a larger hardware engineering organization which designs, implements, and delivers leading Switching and Routing products. The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.
Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service providers, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio.
Your ImpactIn this highly visible role as Senior Hardware Engineering Failure Analysis Technical Leader, you will lead complex failure analysis investigations on networking switches and router hardware.
Passion for technical failure investigations, hardware root cause analysis and quality engineering.
Possess an in-depth knowledge of networking products and high speed communication interfaces.
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