The application window has been extended and is expected to close on 11/18/2024 This is an onsite role and will require working out of the San Jose office location. Who We Are The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. The Computing Systems Products Group, through The Unified Computing Systems' innovative architecture, helps to enable a fully unified data center. We architect the next-generation unified computing systems into a single platform, including computing, storage, network, visualization, and management. What You'll Do In this highly visible role as a Systems Engineer, you will: * Coordinate and contribute to engineering work, including specifications and test plans. * Interact, lead, and address challenging technical problems with multi-functional teams. * Act as technical liaison to key suppliers for the product and technical perspectives. * Assist with decision-making to resolve technical tradeoffs and operational and business considerations. * Participate in hardware integration, validation, and performance of products like the latest GPU, NICs, FC HBAs, and RAID Controllers in Intel and/or AMD-based servers. Who You'll Work With You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of engineers, including a dynamic software and hardware development team composed of dedicated engineers, programmers, and designers. Together, you'll be responsible for bringing innovative technology to life. You will also interact closely with project managers skilled at coordinating complex projects, ensuring that breakthroughs are met and deliverables are driven with precision. Also, your work will involve coordination with external vendors, encouraging robust partnerships that facilitate access to specialized resources and services. Who You Are * You are curious and a problem solver. You love to learn, grow, and work in a constantly evolving environment. * A self-starter who thrives on learning information quickly and uses resources to research and resolve issues. * You can own the innovation, design, and architecture of new hardware products, services, and solutions. Minimum Qualifications * Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or computer science or electrical or electronics with 7+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent experience * Experience with Compute Servers, Network Switches, and PCIe Adapters * Experience in writing scripts with, e.g., Shell scripting/Python. * Prior experience in lab system bring up & validation. Preferred Qualifications * Ability to collaborate with other teams, including software, BIOS, BMC, Diagnostics and QA * Prior experience working with GPUs and Networking Cards. * Master's in Computer Engineering or computer engineering or computer science or electrical or electronics degree with 4+ years of relevant work experience. Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively, we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology, and to power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you! Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other, as well as schools, colleges, and universities, to teach even the most challenging times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G or otherwise. We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, recognize our accomplishments, and grow together. We celebrate and support one another—from big and small things in life to big career moments. Giving back is in our DNA (we get ten days off each year to do just that). We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, which unite people around commonalities or passions, lead the way. Together, we're committed to learning, listening, and caring for our communities while supporting the most vulnerable in a collective effort to make this world a better place, either with technology or through our actions. So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world-changing? Be you with us! #WeAreCisco Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.