Component Engineering Technical Leader - Memory

About the role

Cisco's Component Quality and Technology team is looking for an experienced technical authority in memory and storage components to join its technical team in Taipei. You will work directly with Cisco's design, manufacturing and quality engineering teams, as well as component vendors, and act as the company's domain authority in memory technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Advise internal and external technical partners on the selection, validation and qualification of memory components for Cisco products
• Analyze and influence vendor roadmaps and take part in technical reviews and the selection of memory and storage components for next-generation products
• Influence the design and engineering teams so that the right memory and storage options are recommended and integrated into Cisco solutions
• Collaborate with suppliers and design teams to improve memory and storage quality and reliability across Cisco platforms
• Support supply chain and quality teams in supplier and component evaluations
• Lead investigations and end-to-end failure analysis, working with vendors to define, implement and verify corrective and preventive actions (8D, RCA)

Required profile

• Experience in memory/storage applications, storage device operations or related Field Application Engineering
• Ability to perform root-cause analysis on high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR4/5, LPDDRx and NVMe/SATA components

Required skills

• Familiarity with memory semiconductor fabrication, packaging and test processes
• Experience with semiconductor device reliability testing and characterization methods such as HTOL, ELFR and ESD
• Knowledge of SSD firmware development and operation, and hands-on SSD storage debug lab experience, are a plus