ASIC Design Verification Engineer

Cisco•San Jose, CA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The ASIC Design Verification Engineer will help develop Cisco data center solutions by architecting and developing design-verification infrastructure, creating and executing test plans, and ensuring robust verification and coverage for complex chips. The role works with designers, architects, and software teams to support integration and hardware performance. The position is onsite in San Jose, California, on the Silicon One team, which develops silicon and hardware platforms for Cisco Switching, Routing, and Wireless products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering and at least 5 years of relevant technical experience, or a master’s degree in a related field and at least 3 years of relevant technical experience, focused on ASIC design and verification.
Experience with SystemVerilog or UVM methodology.
Experience building reusable and scalable test benches from scratch.
Experience with scripting using Perl and/or Python.

Nice To Haves

Experience with forwarding logic, parsers, or P4.
Experience using emulation platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, or HAPS.
Knowledge of formal verification tools such as IEV or VC Formal.
Domain knowledge in one or more protocols such as PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, RDMA, DDR, or TCP.

Responsibilities

Architect, develop, and maintain block-, cluster-, and top-level design-verification infrastructure.
Build design-verification environments from scratch for block and cluster levels.
Develop, implement, and enhance test plans and tests for block and cluster verification using constraint-random and directed stimulus.
Implement and review code and functional coverage to ensure comprehensive verification coverage.
Qualify RTL designs by running gate-level simulations on netlists.
Collaborate with designers, architects, and software teams to debug issues during post-silicon bring-up and integration.
Support design testing in emulation environments.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, subject to plan eligibility rules.
401(k) plan with 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.
Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification.
Sick time off, including carryover of unused sick time subject to the stated limit.
Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
Optional paid volunteer days.
Employees in non-sales roles may be eligible for annual bonuses, subject to Cisco policies.
Employees may be eligible for Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to continued employment and vesting terms.