ASIC Design Technical Leader - Design & Timing Constraints Focus

ASIC Design Technical Leader - Design & Timing Constraints Focus

Apply (

n
• n

  Location:San Jose, California, US

  n
n
• n

  Area of InterestEngineer - Hardware

  n
n
• n

  Compensation Range USD - USD

  n
n
• n

  Job TypeProfessional

  n
n
• n

  Technology Interest*None

  n
n
• n

  Job Id

  n
n

The application window is expected to close on: US 9/15/2025

This position will be onsite in San Jose 5 days per 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.

You will work with exceptional talent with vast ASIC design and development expertise. With Cisco being a systems company, you will also have an opportunity to work with other ASIC teams in the journey of taking it from concept to first customer shipments

Your Impact

You are a diligent Design/SDC Engineer with strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of timing constraints, including clock groups, exceptions, and clock exclusivity. Proficient in industry-standard SDC/STA tools and scripting for automation, you excel at identifying and resolving timing issues across all design levels. You will collaborate with Front-end and Back-end teams to understand chip architecture and guide them in refining design and timing constraints for seamless physical design closure. As part of this team, you'll contribute to developing next-generation networking chips.

Responsibilities include:

n
• n

  Being a member of design team who oversees fullchip SDCs and works with physical design and DFT teams to close fullchip timing in multiple timing modes.

  n
n
• n

  Option to also do block level RTL design or block or top-level IP integration.

  n
n
• n

  Helping develop efficient methodology to promote block level SDCs to fullchip, and to bring fullchip SDC changes back to block level.

  n
n
• n

  Helping develop and apply methodology to ensure correctness and quality of SDCs as early as possible in design cycle.

  n
n
• n

  Reviewing block level SDCs and clocking diagrams and mentor other RTL design owners on SDC development.

  n
n
• n

  Creating fullchip clocking diagrams and related documentation.

  n
n

Minimum Qualifications:

n
• n

  Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of ASIC or related experience or Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of ASIC or related experience

  n
n
• n

  Experience with block/full chip SDC development in functional and test modes.

  n
n
• n

  Experience in Static Timing Analysis and prior working experience with STA tools like PrimeTime/Tempus

  n
n
• n

  Understanding of related digital design concepts (eg. clocking and async boundaries)

  n
n
• n

  Experience with synthesis tools (eg. Synopsys DC/DCG/FC), Verilog/System Verilog programming

  n
n

Preferred Qualifications:

n
• n

  Experience with constraint analyzer tools such as TCM (Timing Constraint Manager from Synopsys) and CCD (Conformal Constraint Designer from Cadence)

  n
n
• n

  Experience with Spyglass CDC and glitch analysis

  n
n
• n

  Experience using Formal Verification: Synopsys Formality and Cadence LEC.

  n
n
• n

  Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or TCL

  n
n

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. Simply put - we power the future.

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.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees haveaccess ( to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco's Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter. Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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.