ASIC Design Engineer, Technical Leader - Cisco
San Jose, CA
About the Job
The application window is expected to close on: March 21, 2025.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role requires being onsite in San Jose, CA 4+ days/week.
Meet the Team
Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing a unified silicon architecture for web scale and service provider networks. Cisco’s silicon team provides a unique experience for ASIC engineers by combining the resources offered by a large multi-geography silicon organization and a large campus (with onsite gym, healthcare, and café, social interest groups, and philanthropy), with the startup culture and breadth of growth opportunities that working in a smaller ASIC team can provide.
Your Impact
* Participate in and contribute to chip architecture definition and discussions.
* Author design specifications and participate in micro-architecture specification reviews.
* Implement Verilog RTL to meet timing and performance requirements.
* Help define, evolve, and support our design methodology.
* Mentor junior engineers on performing project tasks and problem solving.
* Collaborate with the verification team to address design bugs and close code coverage.
* Work closely with physical design team to close design timing and place-and-route issues.
* Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
* Perform diagnostic and post silicon validation tests in the lab.
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 8+ years of ASIC Design experience.
* Verilog/System Verilog programming experience.
* Interactive and waveform debug experience.
* Experience resolving setup and hold timing violations with RTL modification.
* Experience developing micro-architecture solutions and RTL implementation.
Preferred Qualifications
* Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 6+ years of ASIC Design experience.
* Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming).
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
#WeAreCisco
#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.
Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This role requires being onsite in San Jose, CA 4+ days/week.
Meet the Team
Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing a unified silicon architecture for web scale and service provider networks. Cisco’s silicon team provides a unique experience for ASIC engineers by combining the resources offered by a large multi-geography silicon organization and a large campus (with onsite gym, healthcare, and café, social interest groups, and philanthropy), with the startup culture and breadth of growth opportunities that working in a smaller ASIC team can provide.
Your Impact
* Participate in and contribute to chip architecture definition and discussions.
* Author design specifications and participate in micro-architecture specification reviews.
* Implement Verilog RTL to meet timing and performance requirements.
* Help define, evolve, and support our design methodology.
* Mentor junior engineers on performing project tasks and problem solving.
* Collaborate with the verification team to address design bugs and close code coverage.
* Work closely with physical design team to close design timing and place-and-route issues.
* Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
* Perform diagnostic and post silicon validation tests in the lab.
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 8+ years of ASIC Design experience.
* Verilog/System Verilog programming experience.
* Interactive and waveform debug experience.
* Experience resolving setup and hold timing violations with RTL modification.
* Experience developing micro-architecture solutions and RTL implementation.
Preferred Qualifications
* Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 6+ years of ASIC Design experience.
* Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming).
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
#WeAreCisco
#WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.
Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.
We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!
Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!
Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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