Silicon Validation Engineer
Cisco•San Jose, CA
•$167,700 - $245,200
About The Position
The Silicon Validation Engineer will work on Cisco’s Silicon One team, which develops hardware platforms for switching, routing, and wireless products. The role develops and maintains ASIC APIs and SDKs in C and C++, extends verification and test capabilities with Python and TCL, and verifies ASIC functionality and performance in emulation environments. It also contributes to silicon validation using scripts, lab automation, and traffic-generation tools, while coordinating with design, software, and validation teams throughout the program.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of related experience, or master’s degree and 4 years of related experience, or Ph.D. and 1 year of related experience.
- Prior software design experience using C or C++.
- Prior experience writing ASIC drivers or SDKs.
- Prior experience with scripting languages such as Python or TCL.
- Prior experience working with emulator or ASIC bring-up environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with overall software-system architecture, including Linux kernel drivers for PCIe or I2C.
- Troubleshooting or debugging skills.
- Experience automating test equipment such as IXIA or Spirent.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain ASIC APIs and SDKs in C and C++, supporting emulation, bring-up, and ongoing feature work.
- Extend verification and testing capabilities by writing Python and TCL scripts to exercise ASIC features and measure performance in emulation.
- Verify ASIC functionality and performance through structured emulation tests, debug failures, and work with design and software partners to resolve issues.
- Contribute to silicon validation using existing scripts and lab automation, including traffic-generation tools such as Spirent and IXIA.
- Coordinate with design, software, and validation teams to align emulation environments, test plans, and silicon milestones.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Paid holidays and, for non-exempt employees, a floating holiday.
- Birthday paid day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
- Paid vacation or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification.
- Paid sick time.
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
- Optional paid volunteer days.
- Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies.
- Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock unit grants.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
