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Meet the Team
 

Join Cisco Engineering team to help shape the future of AI and critical

infrastructure. As a trainee, you will gain hands-on experience learning impactful

projects that design the hardware powering the internet. You will learn

foundational knowledge of computers and networking and elevate it by

contributing to one or more of the following product categories: cloud, social,

mobile/wireless, video, VoIP, collaboration, web, routing, switching, IPv6, data

center, HPC, Telepresence, and many more. This opportunity will expose you to

cutting-edge technologies and allow you to collaborate with experts across

diverse domains, helping you build a strong technical foundation and develop

skills that are critical for the future of networking and AI infrastructure.
 

Your Impact
 

As a Hardware Test Engineer Trainee, you will gain hands-on experience in

board and system bring-up, along with problem analysis and troubleshooting to

identify and resolve hardware issues. You will run test scripts and diagnostics on

printed circuit boards (PCBs), update systems with new hardware and firmware,

and develop an understanding of hardware description languages (HDL) and

schematic design processes. Your role will involve translating hardware

schematic designs into layout designs and executing test cases using scripts,

sharing test logs, and performing detailed analysis. Additionally, you will engage

in various levels of hardware automation, validation, and testing, contributing to

the quality and reliability of Cisco’s hardware products. This learning journey will

build your technical skills in hardware testing and automation, preparing you for

impactful contributions in hardware engineering teams.
 

Minimum Qualifications
 

• Board & system bring-up, problem analysis / troubleshooting.

• Running test scripts & diagnostics on PCBs.

• Updating systems with new hardware and firmware

• Concepts of HDL or other tools to draw schematic design and its process

• Translating Hardware Schematics design into layout design

• Execution of test cases using scripts and sharing the test logs, performing

analysis on the same

• Performing different levels of Hardware Automation, Validation

and Test where applicable
 

Preferred Qualifications
 

• You should have Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in Electrical Engineering,

Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent academic

certification.

• Basic Knowledge of MS office tools

• Good communication skills, passion & desire to learn, “Can do” attitude,

• proactive engagement, solutions seeking & a team player.

• Must have graduated in 2025 obtained a degree certificate or Provisional

Degree Certificate (PDC)

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.