Asic Engineer

**What You'll Do**

It used to be that high-speed packet forwarding was performed in dedicated ASIC designs. These days we are looking to make those ASICs more general and programmable. Cisco Common ASIC Group is looking for a Senior ASIC Verification Engineer to drive existing projects and engage in new development of our next generation switching systems.

As part of the ASIC team, you will be developing the ASICs at the heart of each of these switch products. There are only a very few teams worldwide that implement such devices. Every time you access the Internet, chances are, your data's been through one of our switches.

**Who You'll Work With**

You will work with Cisco’s best-in-class switching solution team. Our team is responsible for driving integration of the Nexus systems and ACI with software, including OpenStack, Docker, and Open vSwitch, to help our customers build multitenant clouds.

**Who You Are**

You are a talented, motivated ASIC verification engineer to join the team and contribute to the verification of very complex ASICs. You will have a Design Verification background, hands-on experience in System Verilog and UVM methodology, with in-depth knowledge of C++, scripting, as well as ASIC design and verification flow.

You’ll be part of Cisco Common ASIC Group, focusing on developing and upgrading various test benches and contributing to different aspects of verification infrastructure.

You will collaborate closely with the design team and the hardware team to verify the ASIC in simulation, in emulation and during ASIC bring up.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- Create block level test benches including components like drivers/monitors/sequences
- Maintaining existing test benches for block level and/or cluster level
- Upgrading test benches to accommodate new features
- End-to-end verification of various design blocks
- Developing test plans, cover points
- Upgrading/updating configuration/reset sequences (APIs)
- Collaboration with designers/verification engineers to perform cross-block verification
- Writing tests, and debugging regressions
- Contributing to top level verification
- Be a part of emulation testing efforts

**Education and Experience Required**:

- Master’s degree in EE (Electrical & Electronics) or CE (Computer Engineering) with 3+ years of relevant experience in Emulation
- Bachelor’s degree in EE or CE and 4+ years of experience in emulation

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Hands on experience with industry available emulation platforms like Veloce/ZeBu/Palladium.
- Hands on experience with hardware description languages (e.g., Verilog, SystemVerilog, etc.).
- Strong hands on experience with scripting programs (e.g., Python, TCL, or similar)
- Strong hands on experience with C/C++ infrastructure development
- Debugging experience with waveforms debuggers and simulators.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work as a team.
- Post Silicon functional validation or debugging experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of protocols e.g. PCie, I2C, Ethernet packet headers, Ethernet protocol is preferred.
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative and team-focused, with the drive to learn and grow

**We Are Cisco**

WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns, and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can’t put us in a box

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

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U.S. employees have **access** to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to