ASIC Design Verification Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking an ASIC design verification engineer to join their Silicon One development organization in San Jose. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to verify ASICs through simulation and emulation. Candidates should have a strong background in System Verilog and UVM methodology, along with experience in building testbenches. The company offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with matching contribution

Paid time off for volunteering

Flexible vacation time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with System Verilog and UVM required.
• Experience in verifying complex blocks and building testbenches.

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing DV environments and enhance them.
• Write test plan, develop testcases, debug regression failures.

Skills

System Verilog

UVM methodology

Scripting skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Perl

Python

Job description

The application window is expected to close on 6/3/2025

This is an onsite role and will require working out of the Milpitas/San Jose office location.

Who We Are:

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) 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 providers, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

Who You'll Work With:

You will be in the Silicon One development organization as an ASIC design verification engineer in San Jose, CA. You collaborate closely with verification engineers, designers, hardware and cross-functional teams to verify the ASIC in simulation, in emulation, and during ASIC bring-up .

What You'll Do:

• Maintaining existing DV environments and enhancing them
• Construct testbench including scoreboard, agents, sequencers, and monitors for new blocks
• Write test plan, develop testcases, debug regression failures and drive to module verification closure
• Ensuring complete verification coverage through implementation and review of code and functional coverage

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's with 5+ years or Master's degree with 3+ of relevant experience required; prior experience with System Verilog and UVM methodology
• Prior experience in verifying complex blocks, clusters and top level for SoC
• Priorexperiencebuildingtestbenches from scratch,hands on experience with System Verilog constraints, structures and classes.
• Prior experience with functional coverage and constrained random DV environments.
• Scripting skills: Perl and/or Python scrip ting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong domainexperienceon one or more protocols in a plus – PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, AHB/AXI, DDR, MMU.
• Experience with Veloce/HAPS is a plus
• Formal verification (iev/vc formal) knowledge is a plus

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