ASIC Design Engineer Technical Lead

About the role

Cisco’s silicon team is seeking an experienced ASIC engineer to join our dynamic team. You will be part of a collaborative environment where you can contribute to chip architecture definition and discussions, implement Verilog RTL, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with the verification and physical design teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and contribute to chip architecture definition and discussions.
• Author design specifications and participate in micro-architecture specification reviews.
• Implement Verilog RTL to meet timing and performance requirements.
• Help define, evolve, and support our design methodology.
• Mentor junior engineers on performing project tasks and problem solving.
• Collaborate with the verification team to address design bugs and close code coverage.
• Work closely with the physical design team to close design timing and place-and-route issues.
• Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
• Perform diagnostic and post-silicon validation tests in the lab.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of ASIC Design experience, or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of ASIC Design experience.
• Verilog/System Verilog programming experience.
• Interactive and waveform debugging experience.
• Experience resolving setup and hold timing violations with RTL modification.
• Experience developing micro-architecture solutions and RTL implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital design principles and microarchitecture concepts such as buffering and scheduling architectures.
• Experience with design quality checks including CDC (Clock Domain Crossing) and Spyglass static analysis.
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming).

Benefits

At Cisco, you'll enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. Starting salary range for this position is $183,800.00 to $263,600.00, with additional potential for bonus and incentives based on performance. Details on specific benefits vary by location but typically include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Additional paid time off, including holidays, vacation, and sick days, is also available.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $183,800.00 to $263,600.00, reflecting the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. and Canadian locations. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting, but Cisco offers a flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees.