Component Engineer - Semiconductor Devices - Hybrid Maynard, MA

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Meet the Team

The Cisco Component Quality and Technology team provides outstanding customer value through technical innovation and quality solutions. We are seeking a driven and experienced technical expert in semiconductor components and their applications in networking systems. You will work directly with Cisco design, manufacturing, operations and quality engineering teams, as well as component vendors to ensure the quality and reliability of semiconductor components used by Cisco.

Your Impact

As a member of the Component Quality & Technology (CQT) team within Cisco’s Global Supplier Management (GSM) organization, you will drive product reliability and innovation by bridging semiconductor expertise with system-level design. You will serve as a technical expert, ensuring component excellence through proactive failure analysis, vendor management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Failure Analysis: Lead complex investigations into semiconductor component issues. Utilize your expertise in power sub-systems, clocking/timing, and system-level integration to identify root causes and implement effective corrective actions.

Reliability & Performance Optimization: Leverage advanced data analytics to evaluate component field reliability, identify failure signatures, and assess vendor quality to ensure long-term product performance.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage regularly with Cisco Business Units, internal design teams, and external suppliers to drive continuous improvement across the supply chain.

Strategic Communication: Translate complex technical findings into actionable insights for leadership, influencing product strategy and fostering innovation within a fast-paced environment. This position is hybrid.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in electronic design, field application, or failure analysis.
• Demonstrated expertise in analog and digital electronic design and failure analysis, including practical knowledge of power sub-systems, clocking/timing, and system-level integration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with analog and digital electronics, board design, circuit analysis, PCB layout, and hardware debugging.
• Strong understanding of discrete components and associated PCB attach technologies.
• Proven ability to drive failure analysis to resolve performance and quality issues in complex components and assemblies.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) technical reviews and manufacturing readiness.
• Competency in failure analysis methodologies such as FMEA, 8D/Corrective Action, Fishbone IFD, Cause and Effect Analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of thermal design principles and their impact on applications and components.
• Skilled in managing supplier relationships and implementing corrective actions and quality control measures to ensure product reliability and standards.

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. 

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:

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

* 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.