System Level Test Engineer
Hybrid, Onsite in San Francisco, CA
Why You’ll Love Cisco
Everything is converging on the Internet, making networked connections more relevant than ever before in our lives. Our employees' progressive ideas impact everything imaginable - from entertainment, retail, healthcare, and education, to public and private sectors, inquisitive cities, smart cars, and everyday devices in our homes. Here, that means you will take creative ideas from the drawing board to powerful solutions with real-world impact. You’ll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with experienced mentors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your curiosity about connecting the unconnected. You’ll be part of a team that cares about its customers, enjoys having fun, and you’ll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be inspired.
The Team
Do you like challenging designs? You will have an opportunity to collaborate across Cisco designing products that will change the network and make an impact on the evolution of the Internet of Things. You will be part of a dynamic and passionate group working on state-of-the-art projects. You will have an opportunity to collaborate across Cisco designing products that will change the network and make an impact on the evolution of the Internet of Things.
Roles and Responsibilities
As part of Cisco’s Engineering team, you be responsible to manage a team to accomplish the following:
- Responsible for unit and system level test plan & procedure (what to test and how to test to exercise all the components on a board). Write complete unit and system level test plans for an entire product family (Switches, Router, Radios [RF, Cellular, and Bluetooth], Cameras, and IOT devices)
- Working with Cisco-Meraki’s cloud network software to understand the operation of the our environment and help the JDM partners set test to exercise the hardware.
- Review engineering specs, IEEE Standards, & devise overall test strategy for new products.
- Work with JDM partners to understand their equipment, test systems and environments.
- Review hardware schematics and hardware component specifications. Use that to determine test effectiveness and to determine root cause of hardware failures.
- Provide detailed issue mitigation & drive issues to closure with the support of hardware engineering.
- Document test plans, procedures, & test reports
- Communicate cross-functionally assure timely test completion: Systems Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, etc.
- Support automation to implement test strategy & improve productivity.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s in electrical engineering or equivalent work experience
- 5+ years of experience doing product testing in development or in manufacturing.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work toward long-term goals.
- Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals and technical problem-solving skills
- Experience in establishing and sustaining positive relationships with the extended team.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Bonus
- Language proficiency in Mandarin
- Experience with hardware driver development.
Team Description
Open-minded, driven, diverse, and extremely innovative people at Cisco craft the hardware that makes the internet work. Bring your knowledge of computers and networking and take it to a new level in any one of the following product categories including cloud, social, mobile/wireless, video, VoIP, big data, collaboration, web, Internet of Things, routing, switching, IPv6, data center, HPC, TelePresence and many more. Your work will impact billions globally.
About Cisco
The Internet of Everything is a phenomenon driving new opportunities for Cisco and it's transforming our customers' businesses worldwide. We are pioneers and have been since the early days of connectivity. Today, we are building teams that are expanding our technology solutions in the mobile, cloud, security, IT, and big data spaces, including software and consulting services. As Cisco delivers the network that powers the Internet, we are connecting the unconnected. Imagine creating unprecedented disruption. Collaborate with like-minded innovators in a fun and flexible culture that has earned Cisco global recognition as a Great Place To Work. With roughly 10 billion connected things in the world now and over 50 billion estimated in the future, your career has exponential possibilities at Cisco.
At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.
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.
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Compensation Range:
$133,300—$178,500 USD
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
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