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About the role

Cisco is seeking a Failure Analysis Engineer in San Jose, California, to join the Quality and Reliability group. The hybrid role involves three days in the office and focuses on failure analysis of ASIC products, with close interaction across product, test, and design teams. The ideal candidate has extensive semiconductor FA experience and a passion for problem solving, with expertise in cross-section, X-ray, CSAM, TDR, FIB, SEM, TEM, IR/EMMI/OBIRCH techniques.

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