ASIC Design Verification Engineer | UVM | Exp 8+ Years

Cisco; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is hiring for an ASIC Design Verification role in Bengaluru, India. This position requires expertise in ASIC design and verification, including proficiency in UVM/System Verilog and a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering. Candidates should have 5-7 years of relevant experience and the ability to architect DV infrastructure from scratch. Cisco is committed to innovation, offering a revolutionary environment in the AI era with opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant ASIC design verification experience with Bachelor's degree.
• 5+ years of relevant ASIC design verification experience with Master's degree.
• Proficient in ASIC verification using UVM/System Verilog.
• Experience building test benches from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Architect block, cluster and top-level DV environment infrastructure.
• Develop DV infrastructure from scratch.
• Maintain and improve existing DV environments.
• Develop test plans and tests for qualifying design.

Skills

ASIC design verification

UVM/System Verilog

Test benches building

Scripting (Perl/Python)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Veloce

Palladium

Zebu

HAPS

Job description

Define, design and verify ASIC and ASIC subsystems to be deployed in a range of Cisco platforms. Contribute to a multi-disciplined engineering team to meet the power, performance, and area goals for products. Design, document, and develop ASIC subsystems for release in high volume and quality. Help define the process, methods, and tools for design and implementation of complex developments.

You will contribute to developing Cisco’s product solutions by crafting industry‑leading sophisticated chips, with full exposure to all aspects of our systems and applications, including silicon, hardware, software, telemetry, and security.

Specific Responsibilities Include

• Architect block, cluster and top-level DV environment infrastructure.
• Develop DV infrastructure from scratch.
• Maintain and improve existing DV environments.
• Develop test plans and tests for qualifying design at block, cluster and higher-level environments with mix of constraint random and advised stimulus.
• Ensure complete verification coverage through implementation and review of code and functional coverage.
• Ensure RTL quality with qualifying the design with Gate Level Simulations on netlist.
• Collaborate closely with designers, architects, and software teams to address and debug issues during post‑silicon bring‑up, ensuring seamless integration and efficient performance.
• Support testing of design in emulation.
• Lead all aspects of and manage the ASIC bring‑up process.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years of relevant ASIC design verification experience.
• Masters Degree with 5+ years of relevant ASIC design verification experience.
• Proficient in ASIC verification using UVM/System Verilog.
• Proficient in verifying sophisticated blocks, clusters and top level for ASIC.
• Experience building test benches from scratch, hands on experience with System Verilog constraints, structures and classes.
• Scripting experience with Perl and/or Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Forwarding logic/Parsers/P4.
• Experience with Veloce/Palladium/Zebu/HAPS.
• Formal verification (iev/vc formal) knowledge.
• Demonstrated ability on one or more protocols (PCIe, Ethernet, RDMA, TCP).

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.