ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)

Cisco • Maynard, MA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Meet the Team Acacia, part of Cisco, provides innovative silicon-based high-speed optical interconnect products to accelerate network scalability through advancements in performance, capacity, and cost. Our DSP ASICs, silicon photonic PICs, and coherent modules empower cloud and service providers to meet the fast-growing demand for data. We have assembled a team of cross-functional experts capable of solving the challenges of next-generation optical interconnects, resulting in industry-leading, award-winning products. Come join us at Cisco, named the #1 world's best workplaces, and do purposeful work that makes a global impact and gives back to a company culture that empowers an inclusive future for all. Your Impact The ASIC Design Verification Technical Lead Engineer will be working on next-generation 100G-1.6T coherent optical communications products. This role is for a senior contributor & technical leader focused on verifying highly complex ASICs that are used in these next-generation systems. The role requires someone to demonstrate their experience applying sophisticated verification techniques to ASIC projects: ensuring design quality, leading sophisticated technical projects, developing process improvements for the team, and mentoring teammates on techniques, technology & methods for verification. This role also requires significant communication skills (both written and verbal) to contribute to the ASIC projects, and working with other technical leaders in the engineering community. This Technical Lead Engineer will need to operate independently with minimal direction in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly technical environment, creating unique verification solutions and providing technical leadership to others on the team. A successful candidate will be highly self-motivated, collaborative, and passionate about delivering the most advanced high-speed optical products in the world. Knowledge of object-oriented verification methodologies is required.

Requirements

• Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience or equivalent related work experience.
• Experience with the latest ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming languages
• Experience with C++
• Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM, SystemC

Nice To Haves

• Track record of innovation that leads to quantifiable improvements
• Eperience implement projects without supervision
• Experience leading ASIC technical teams
• Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques such as QAM
• Experience with C++ templates
• Lab silicon validation experience
• Experience with Formal Verification methodologies and tools such as Jasper or VCFormal

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop detailed and comprehensive test plans
• Lead and develop verification test benches
• Apply innovative verification techniques to complex designs
• Supervise the timely execution of test plans by the rest of the team
• Lead and assist with chip-level design tradeoffs by working with design engineers
• Participate in the review of design verification coding and coverage metrics
• Provide technical leadership & mentoring
• Participate and assist in FPGA emulation efforts
• Work collaboratively with the team to develop & incorporate the latest test technologies & processes

Benefits

• U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
• 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
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees