Senior ASIC Engineer - Post Silicon Validation
Core
Post-silicon validation engineer responsible for bringing up ASICs, executing functional and performance testing, and resolving hardware issues to ensure silicon readiness.
Role type
Senior IC ASIC post-silicon validation engineer
Builds
Cisco core Switching, Routing, and Wireless hardware platforms
Domain
Semiconductor hardware validation and silicon bring-up
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
ASIC bring-up and debug, functional and performance testing, lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, analyzers, traffic generators), firmware and bootloader debugging, C/Python scripting, standard peripheral interfaces (I2C, SPI, JTAG), protocols (PCIe, Ethernet)
Preferred skills
memory subsystems (HBM, DDR), electrical and thermal performance characterization, System Verilog/UVM, emulation-based verification
Technologies
C, Python, System Verilog, UVM, PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, JTAG, HBM, DDR
Responsibilities
Planning and setting up Silicon Bring-up infrastructure (system boot, initialization, Power-On), executing functional and performance testing targeting IP/Subsystem/full-chip, developing validation automation and test suites, root-cause analysis of functional and electrical issues, applying lab instrumentation for characterization, providing feedback on test escapes and yield issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
