The application window is expected to close on 11/15/2024 This is an onsite role and will require working out of the Milpitas/San Jose office location. Who We Are The engineering team that designs and supports Cisco Silicon-One-based high-end networking hardware with market-leading capacity for core, peering, and data center interconnect. What You'll Do You will be part of a dedicated team whose foundations are open communications, empowerment, innovation, collaboration, and customer success. We are looking for a motivated Hardware Engineering program manager with a passion for hardware quality and customer satisfaction to contribute to the success of our current and next-generation products in the field. Responsibilities: * Manage the tasks of Hardware Quality and Field Failure Analysis engineering programs. * Lead hardware engineering support to customer-facing and support groups and collaborate with development and validation teams, manufacturing, and vendors as needed. * Direct the engagement with hardware and cross-functional teams to support the fixing and root-cause analysis of hardware issues, * Facilitate communication and creative problem-solving to identify root causes of customer issues, categorize failures, and support the implementation of corrective measures. * Handle vendor relationships, working with the HW team to ensure the suitability and performance of high-quality components and alignment to project specifications. * You can build effective outbound communications with management and customer-facing teams. Who You'll Work With * This role brings visibility and empowerment. You'll work closely with customer-facing teams in technical support and marketing/sales, as well as product groups in engineering and manufacturing. * You'll also interact multi-functionally internally with teams working on hardware and software development, product validation, manufacturing NPI, custom development, and contract manufacturing at all product life cycle phases. Who You Are * You are an experienced or aspiring hardware leader or program manager familiar with technical project and program management. You work with large teams to achieve aggressive common goals. * Customer engagement and contributions to the bigger picture are opportunities for the right candidate. * Experience working with customer-facing teams and field issues * Experience working with ODMs and vendors * Practical understanding of leading and managing the full lifecycle of large-scale multi-functional hardware programs * A true passion for problem-solving and hardware quality engineering Minimum Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering * 10+ years of relevant experience in hardware development and/or hardware development program management * 5+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager within a technology company * Experience in managing teams and/or managing technical programs Preferred Qualifications: * Experience in hardware engineering in the networking equipment industry. * Solid technical knowledge and ability to guide technical failure analysis investigations and design optimization * Experience leading or Program managing hardware projects and programs, with an understanding of the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to production release and product-sustaining Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco. 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