Asic Engineering Technical Leader

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. With ~2,100 employees across 16 countries, we design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world.

( ) 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 all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's revolutionary solutions by designing, developing and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

What You'll Do

• Be part of the development organization as an ASIC Design Technical Leader with primary focus on RTL Design.
• Participate in architecture definition and modeling.
• Create micro-architecture specifications and participate in reviews.
• Implement Verilog RTL to meet timing and performance requirements.
• Participate in verification on an as-needed basis
• Help define, evolve, and support our design methodology.
• Mentor junior engineers on performing project tasks and problem solving.
• Collaborate with the verification team to address design bugs and close code coverage.
• Work closely with physical design team to close design timing and place-and-route issues.
• Triage, debug, and root cause simulation, software bring-up, and customer failures.
• Perform diagnostic and post silicon validation tests in the lab.

Who You'll Work With

You will work with front-end RTL Design and Verification teams and Architects to understand chip architecture and drive design verification requirements early in the design cycle. You'll work with SDK and Software teams as part of ASIC development to create a seamless handshake between hardware and software functionalities and qualify use-case requirements. You'll also have the opportunity to work with systems-testing teams as part of post-silicon validation efforts to bring-up, debug and qualify the ASIC in deployment-mode applications.

Who You Are

• A problem solver who loves to take on new challenges
• A strong communicator in a team setting
• An Engineer who enjoys working in a dynamic team environment
• Someone who thrives on innovative technology

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's or a Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 10+ years of related work experience
• Excellent Verilog/System Verilog programming skills.
• Experience with simulators/synthesis/static timing constraints and related tools
• Good understanding of verification methodologies and flow
• Strong interactive and waveform debug skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred requirements:

• Understanding of Networking technologies and concepts.
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming) highly desirable.
• Experience with formal verification tools is a plus.
• Experience with emulation is a plus.

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 businesses, AND we are a hardware company, 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! Cisco is at the vanguard of impact: delivering our technology in meaningful ways allowing people to live more fulfilling and richer lives. It's why we exist. We are 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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