ASIC Design Verification Engineering Technical Leader

About the role

The Application window for this position is expected to close on September 30, 2026. The position may be filled earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the ASIC design verification for Cisco high-end switching products.
• Led, architect, develop, and maintain block, cluster, and top-level Design Verification (DV) environment infrastructure.
• Develop simulation models, test plans, direct and random tests, code or functional coverage, multi-chip/system simulation, and performance analysis.
• Construct testbenches components like scoreboard, agents, sequencers, and monitors.
• Collaborate with designers, architects, and software teams to debug issues during post-silicon bring-up and integration and customer failures.
• Ensure comprehensive verification coverage through code and functional coverage implementation and review.
• Participate in and contribute to chip architecture definition and discussions.
• Mentor junior engineers on performing project tasks and problem solving.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 10+ years of ASIC Design and Verification experience or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 8+ years of ASIC Design and Verification experience.
• Experience with ASIC design and verification processes (with System Verilog), debugging, methodology, and tools.
• Experience in leading the verification methodology (in UVM) of clusters/subsystems or full chip level for ASIC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior people management experience.
• Dashboard management for regression, coverage, test list completion and other DV statistics.
• Post-silicon lab bring-up experience.
• Experience using emulation platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, or HAPS.
• Experience with Linux, C/C++, and/or Python/Perl.
• Experience in Networking.

Benefits

At Cisco, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. 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. Additional benefits include:

• 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.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below:

• 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.
• 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 a 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.
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer.

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%;
• and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

• New York City Metro Area: $183,800.00 - $303,100.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $163,600.00 - $269,800.00