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Hardware Engineer (High-speed IO/Testing) (Onsite)

Cisco · San Jose, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring a lead Hardware Engineer (High-speed IO/Testing) (Onsite) in San Jose, California, United States of America. What you'll do: hiring, deployment / devops, and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and compliance domains. Qualifications: a master's degree and familiarity with Python and C++. Full-time, paying $152K.

Hiring signals for Computer Hardware Engineers

SOC 17-2061 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

62
/ 100
Stable

Computer Hardware Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($152k vs $136k national)
  • Few reposted listings (23% appear duplicated)
  • Most postings refresh within a month (26% open 30+ days)

Computer Hardware Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Computer Hardware Engineers.

  • 292Active postings
  • 4Posted this week
  • 75Open 30+ days26% of active
  • 17Remote / hybrid6% of active
  • 5%List salary16 of 292
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $152kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 15dMedian agep90 52d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering239$152k n=16
Embedded35
Customer Success1
Accounting1
Server / Host1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time11$144k n=10
Intern8
Contract3

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing232
Technology210$152k n=16
Government / Public Sector26
Healthcare10
Transportation & Logistics7$184k n=3

Top categories

  • Engineering239
  • Embedded35
  • Customer Success1
  • Accounting1
  • Server / Host1

In-demand skills

  • Python19
  • C++19
  • Linux17
  • Git8
  • Perl5
  • AWS4
  • Agile4
  • REST3

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing232
  • Technology210
  • Government / Public Sector26
  • Healthcare10
  • Transportation & Logistics7
  • Professional Services7

Employment mix

  • Unspecified270 · 92%
  • Full-time11 · 4%
  • Intern8 · 3%
  • Contract3 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$152k · fulltime
Source
careers.cisco.com
Original link
https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL2008444EXTERNALENGLOBAL/Hardware-Engineer-High-speed-IO-Testing-Onsite
Posted
3 weeks ago (2026-04-14)
Status
active

Skills: Python, C++

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Compliance, Education

Activities: Hiring, Deployment / DevOps, Testing / QA

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