ASIC Verification Engineer

The application window has been extended and is expected to close on 04/29/2025.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

Your Impact

As ASIC Verification Engineer in The Core Hardware Business Unit, you will be engaged in the following tasks:

1. Implementation of DV infrastructure for block, cluster and top level environments.
2. Maintaining existing DV environments and enhancing them.
3. Ensuring complete verification coverage through implementation and review of code and functional coverage.
4. Working closely with architects and designers to ensure verification completeness.
5. Supporting tests done with emulation.
6. Engage in tasks to prepare for post-silicon-validation.
7. Ability to understand functional specifications outlined in design documentation to develop verification plan.
8. Have good communication, interpersonal skills and a keen interest to work closely in a team environment.
9. Networking knowledge preferred, but not essential.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or related degree.
2. 5+ years of experience in high-performance ASIC verification.
3. Experience with System Verilog HVL and HDL languages/tools.
4. Experience with Scripting and programming languages such as C++, Python or Perl, Shell.
5. Experience with object-oriented programming.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in emulation-based verification.
2. Experience with Networking knowledge.
3. Master’s degree with 3+ years in high-performance ASIC verification.
4. Experience with ASIC design and verification methodologies and flows.

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