Physical Design Engineer I (Co-op) - United States

Cisco Systems, Inc. • Maynard, MA

35d • $44,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Cisco is well known for developing ground-breaking products in short time intervals. To support new product development at an exciting pace the Acacia PD team is challenged to design, develop, and build ASIC designs. The work is essential for supporting the increasing demands of hybrid work environments and ensuring reliable, high-capacity network connections. The engineers work with technologies that involve the latest submicron technologies. An ASIC PD engineer would be involved in developing and optimizing physical floorplan and their implementation. The Physical Design Engineer Co-op will perform one or more of the following tasks while working on Cisco's elite optical communication products. The Co-op will be assigned relevant work assignments to challenge them according to their current level of experience and capability. The Co-op may find themselves working in the following areas: Work with Front-End teams to understand the design architecture to ensure optimal physical implementation Gate level netlist synthesis (physical synthesis) Physical implementation (floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing) Power, performance and area optimization of design Static Timing analysis and signoff closure Physical verification and signoff closure EMIR analysis and signoff closure

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate program in computer science, electrical engineering, or related program
• Must be able to be onsite in Maynard, MA two days a week
• Knowledge of the design cycle from RTL to GDSII
• Understanding of Static Timing Analysis, timing closure and design constraints
• Knowledge in block level synthesis, place and route, timing closure, PnR and signoff tools and their capabilities

Nice To Haves

• Interest in VLSI design, and more specifically in ASIC physical design and verification
• Interest and preferably academic experience in deep submicron CMOS technologies
• Scripting experience with perl, tcl, python and/or shell, a plus
• Analytical and creative, with well-developed and tenacious problem-solving skills
• Previous internship experience

Responsibilities

• Work with Front-End teams to understand the design architecture to ensure optimal physical implementation
• Gate level netlist synthesis (physical synthesis)
• Physical implementation (floorplanning, placement, CTS, routing)
• Power, performance and area optimization of design
• Static Timing analysis and signoff closure
• Physical verification and signoff closure
• EMIR analysis and signoff closure

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

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees