Senior ASIC Engineer - Post Silicon Validation
Core
Post-silicon validation and bring-up of ASICs for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products.
Role type
Senior IC ASIC validation engineer
Builds
Hardware platforms for AI-era networking infrastructure
Domain
Semiconductor hardware validation
Required skills
ASIC bring-up, functional and performance testing, lab instrumentation, firmware debugging, C/Python scripting, standard peripheral interfaces (I2C, SPI, JTAG), protocols (PCIe, Ethernet)
Preferred skills
Memory subsystems (HBM, DDR), electrical and thermal characterization, System Verilog/UVM, emulation-based verification
Responsibilities
Plan and set up Silicon Bring-up infrastructure; root-cause and resolve functional and electrical issues; execute functional and performance testing; develop validation automation and test suites; apply lab instrumentation for characterization; provide feedback on test escapes and yield issues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC