ASIC Design Engineer, STA

Cisco•San Jose, CA

46d•$152,500 - $252,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing a unified silicon architecture for web scale and service provider networks. Within this role, you'll work on closing timing at block, sub-chip, and full-chip levels, performing quality checks such as setup, hold, transition, and noise, while handling ECO tasks. As an ASIC Design Engineer on the STA team, you will play a pivotal role in extraction and static timing analysis (STA) flow development, convergence strategies, and correlation between PNR, Spice, and STA, while working alongside the Physical Design team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 5+ years of ASIC Design experience, or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 3+ years of experience, or PhD + 0 years of experience.
Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog programming.

Nice To Haves

Prior STA experience is a plus
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Develop methodologies, guidelines, and checklists to streamline STA work.
Resolve design and flow issues
Drive execution to ensure progress and accuracy.
Closing timing at block, sub-chip, and full-chip levels.
Performing quality checks such as setup, hold, transition, and noise.
Handling ECO tasks.
Extraction and static timing analysis (STA) flow development.
Convergence strategies.
Correlation between PNR, Spice, and STA.
Working alongside the Physical Design team.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)