ASIC DFT Technical Leader

Application window expected to close on 10/02/2026; posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or sufficient applications are received.

About the Team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises, Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations worldwide. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches through web-scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Join us to shape Cisco's groundbreaking solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most complex ASICs in the industry.

Responsibilities

As an ASIC Technical Lead in the Silicon One development organization, you will:

• Focus on Design-for-Test (DFT) and collaborate with Front-end RTL and backend physical design teams to understand chip architecture and drive DFT requirements early in the design cycle.
• Lead DFT and quality processes through the entire implementation flow and post-silicon validation phases, with exposure to physical design signoff activities.
• Contribute to crafting next-generation networking chips.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with at least 10 years of experience.
• Post-silicon debug experience from first silicon to production.
• Experience with JTAG protocols, Scan and BIST architectures, including memory BIST and boundary scan.
• Experience with ATPG and EDA tools like TestMax, Tetramax, Tessent tool sets, and PrimeTime.
• Experience working with gate-level simulation and debugging using VCS and other simulators.

Preferred Qualifications

• Verilog design experience, including developing custom DFT logic and IP integration, and familiarity with functional verification.
• DFT CAD development: Test Architecture, Methodology, and Infrastructure.
• Test Static Timing Analysis.
• Post-silicon validation using DFT patterns.
• Verification skills including System Verilog Logic Equivalency checking and validating the test-timing of the design.

About Cisco

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era and beyond. With 40 years of fearless innovation, we create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across physical and digital worlds. Our solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across their entire digital footprint. Fueled by our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions, collaborating with empathy to make a global impact.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $214,100.00 to $309,800.00 for new hires in U.S. and Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and training. Specific state salary ranges:

• New York City Metro Area: $214,100.00 - $356,300.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $192,400.00 - $317,200.00

For quota-based sales roles, the ranges include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. Employees in Illinois will participate in a unique time-off program to meet local requirements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Paid time off:
  • 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.
  • Non-exempt employees: 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period.
  • Exempt employees: Flexible vacation time off with no defined limit (subject to business limitations).
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours carried forward annually.
  • Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues.
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year for volunteering.
• Eligibility for annual bonuses (non-sales roles) or performance-based incentive pay (sales roles), subject to Cisco’s policies.
• Eligibility for grants of Cisco restricted stock units, vesting over defined employment periods.