Physical Design Engineer

Cisco • Austin, TX

1d • $123,600 - $200,100

About The Position

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design networking hardware for enterprises, service providers, the public sector, and nonprofit organizations worldwide. As part of the team behind Cisco Silicon One—the industry’s only unified silicon architecture spanning top-of-rack switches to web-scale data centers—you’ll help shape Cisco’s groundbreaking solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most advanced ASICs in the industry.

Requirements

• Master's degree or Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering with work experience in Physical Design.
• Experience with RTL design and logic blocks.
• Experience working with EDA tools like Innovus, Tempus/Primetime, Redhawk/Voltus or Calibre.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with hierarchical design, timing closure, physical convergence, and power integrity analysis.
• Experience with static timing analysis and concepts, defining timing constraints and exceptions, corners/voltage definitions.
• Experience with Python, TCL, or Perl programming.

Responsibilities

• RTL-to-GDSII implementation, including synthesis, hierarchical floorplanning, place and route, static timing analysis, power integrity, and equivalence checks with a focus on performance and die size optimization.
• Analyze existing tool flows and methodologies, identifying efficiency gaps and implementing incremental or transformative enhancements.
• Work closely with RTL, DFT, implementation, EDA vendors, and tool/flow teams to enable best-in-class design methodology.
• Guide clock tree synthesis (CTS) strategies and provide actionable feedback to the implementation teams.
• Execute STA setup, convergence methodologies, and sign-off processes across multi-mode, multi-corner scenarios.
• Complete Timing ECO implementation using Tweaker/Primetime-based flows and contribute to automation for STA methodology.
• Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools across different technologies and design types.

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
• paid holidays
• floating holiday
• paid day off for employee’s birthday
• paid year-end holiday shutdown
• paid days off for personal wellness
• paid vacation time
• flexible vacation time off program
• sick time off
• paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses
• performance-based incentive pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree