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

About the role

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. 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.

What you'll do

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

What you need

• 15–27 yrs of experience
• Hardware
• Networking
• PhD or B.Tech or B.E.

Good to have

• System design