ASIC Design Engineer I (Intern) - United States

Cisco•San Jose, CA

About The Position

The ASIC Design Engineer Intern will help design and integrate next-generation silicon for Cisco’s core networking products, contributing to multiple phases of the ASIC design lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support robust, high-performance solutions. The role is part of Cisco’s Silicon One team, which develops hardware platforms for AI-era switching, routing, and wireless products. The team works across product development from design through qualification and production.

Requirements

Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (associate’s or bachelor’s) in ASIC Design, Engineering, or a related field.
Expected to continue enrollment in the degree program after completing the internship.
Foundational knowledge and academic project experience in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
Demonstrated ability to perform interactive and waveform-based debugging on digital systems.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl, TCL, or shell for task automation.
Coursework or project experience related to networking protocols and architectures.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

Responsibilities

Participate in creating design specifications and reviewing micro-architecture specifications.
Implement Verilog RTL to meet timing, performance, and power requirements.
Contribute to full-chip integration and support timing methodology and analysis.
Develop and analyze functional coverage.
Collaborate with the verification team to address design bugs and close code coverage.
Collaborate with the physical design team to resolve timing and place-and-route issues.
Triage, debug, and identify root causes of simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
Perform diagnostic and post-silicon validation tests in the lab.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to plan eligibility rules.
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Basic life insurance.
Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
Birthday day off, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees or flexible vacation time off for eligible exempt employees.
Sick time off, with eligible unused sick time carried forward.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional paid volunteer days.
Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants.