ASIC Hardware Test Engineer - Hybrid
About The Position
As a Test Engineer in Silicon Operations, you’ll join forces with expert ASIC design teams in the Central Hardware Group, passionate Test Engineers within Silicon Operations, and Cisco’s dynamic NPI teams. Together, you’ll partner with world-class manufacturing partners, triaging issues and orchestrating seamless OSAT production test activities. This collaborative environment offers opportunities to learn, grow, and make your mark on the future of silicon technology at Cisco. Your Impact As a Test Engineer in Silicon Operations, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing Cisco’s cutting-edge ASIC technology. You’ll lead the ATE test bring-up process, working alongside talented teams to develop, refine, and release test programs for production. Your expertise will drive pattern generation, troubleshooting, and test coverage optimization, ensuring exceptional quality for high-volume manufacturing. You’ll design and implement innovative tests, proactively identifying and closing coverage gaps. Collaborating with Tier-1 OSATs, you’ll manage manufacturing test operations and tackle quality challenges, making a measurable impact on Cisco’s products and customer experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years’ experience in SOC/VLSI/ bring-up, production, characterization, and test engineering.
- Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93000 tester (Smartest 7 and 8) for characterization and production testing.
- Highly skilled in writing code in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, PERL, and Python.
Nice To Haves
- Excellent knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art trends in DFT insertion techniques, including Scan, ATPG, JTAG, MBIST, PVT and SerDes.
- Experience with yield improvement and test time reduction activities.
- Strong teamwork & collaboration skills. Excellent problem solving & effective conflict resolution skills.
- An effective multi-functional communicator with strong interpersonal skills and multi-functional leadership to get results and change across organizations up to the executive level.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. High level of motivation and energy.
Responsibilities
- Lead the ATE test bring-up process
- Develop, refine, and release test programs for production
- Drive pattern generation, troubleshooting, and test coverage optimization
- Design and implement innovative tests
- Manage manufacturing test operations and tackle quality challenges
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
