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Meet the Team
Join Cisco's Global Supply Chain team, where we are pivotal in enabling Cisco's business today and shaping its future. Our vision is to deliver an unparalleled customer experience through a flexible, innovative, and scalable supply chain, built on a robust operational foundation. We are also deeply committed to social and environmental responsibility within our supply chain. This means collaborating with our suppliers to uphold high standards for ethics, labor practices, health and safety, and environmental stewardship. We thrive on Cisco's competitive spirit, accelerating time to market by empowering our employees to take informed business risks. As Cisco ventures into new technologies and geographies, there's never been a more exciting time to be part of the Global Supply Chain team.
Your Impact
As a Hardware Engineer Trainee Apprentice, you will embark on a dynamic learning journey within the heart of our Global Supply Chain operations. We are looking for open-minded, driven, and innovative individuals eager to grow their understanding of the hardware that powers the internet. This apprenticeship is designed to provide hands-on experience and mentorship, allowing you to contribute to real-world projects across various product categories, including cloud, IoT, routing, switching, data canter, and more. You will learn to see how hardware design choices impact the entire supply chain, from manufacturing readiness and cost-efficiency to global delivery and sustainability. Your work will directly support our mission to deliver reliable, high-quality products to billions worldwide, influencing product development from a supply chain perspective.
Minimum Qualifications
- Gain foundational knowledge in system/board design, DFM, and PCB layout interpretation, understanding their impact on manufacturability, testability, and cost within a global supply chain.
- Support engineering teams by linking supply chain considerations (e.g., sourcing, lead times) to design decisions.
- Develop understanding of ASIC DFT, signal integrity, and power design principles, recognizing their influence on product quality, performance, yield, and reliability.
- Assist in product testing processes and automation strategies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, procurement) to resolve technical challenges and ensure smooth product realization.
- Build strong relationships and manage multiple learning tasks to contribute to long-term project goals in the supply chain environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- You should have Bachelor's Degree / Diploma in Electrical Engineering, or related.
- 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 2025/2026 obtained a degree certificate or Provisional Degree Certificate (PDC).
- Must have enrolled as a student on https://nats.education.gov.in/ and have a valid student enrolment number issued by NATS.
Disclaimer
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Why Cisco
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.
