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Meet the Team

Cisco Silicon One ASICs are transforming the Future of the Internet, and the unified, power-efficient architecture is rapidly gaining traction in the market. The Silicon One Productization team takes enables technology, supplier readiness and takes these cutting-edge ASICs to production and we are looking for an experienced Reliability Engineer to join Quality and Reliability organization. Join an exciting team that works in a fast-paced, start-up type environment to establish robust processes to scale Cisco’s Silicon Components business. This position is a part of SiOps.

Your Impact

• Own reliability test plans for new products, including sample testing and full qualification prior to volume production release
• Perform reliability risk assessment of IC products, packages, and process technology with focus on suitability to end applications and conformance to industry standards.
• Coordinate and conduct reliability testing for Silicon One ASICs in internal/external laboratories.
• Work with suppliers and partners to perform reliability qualification of third party’s key components.
• Support High power Burn In, biased HAST and ESD/LU bring-up and debug for reliability qualification and evaluation.
• Lead technical problem-solving team efforts using structured problem-solving methods with a data-driven approach and engage cross-functional team to diagnose, resolve, and prevent future problems.
• Analyze reliability results, device parameter trends and apply acceleration models to predict reliability in the field.
• Work with design, foundry interface, package, test, and product engineers to qualify new processes and package technologies to ensure quality of design performance to meet customer reliability requirements.
• Issue internal and external product qualification reports.
• Proactively engage in reliability resource planning to support assigned new product and on-going reliability monitor projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 5+ years’ experience in Semi IC engineering and quality management with hands-on experience in 1 or more related areas such as Product Engineering, Test Engineering, Failure Analysis.
• Good understanding of Semiconductor, manufacturing process, IC test methodologies, device reliability, silicon/package fail mechanisms and symptoms.
• Work experience on Accelerated Life Testing, reliability estimation for semiconductor components and modules, and reliability testing.
• Statistical data analysis, ATE test data interpretation, device level electrical characterization, and IC failure analysis.
• Proficient in Issue tracking and Project Management tools such as Jira/Confluence/Monday.com

Preferred Qualifications

• MSEE (or higher) in Electrical Engineering.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $159,800.00 to $202,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$159,800.00 – $232,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$141,700.00 – $206,400.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.