ASIC Silicon Validation Engineer: Emulation & Test

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior ASIC software engineer to develop and maintain APIs and SDKs in C/C++, enabling emulation, bring-up, and feature work. You will verify functionality through emulation tests and collaborate with design and software teams to drive silicon milestones.

The role involves writing Python/TCL scripts, contributing to silicon validation, and using lab automation with Spirent and IXIA to confirm performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience.
• Prior experience with software design using C or C++
• Prior experience with writing drivers or SDK for ASICS
• Prior experience with scripting languages such as Python or TCL
• Prior experience working with Emulator or ASIC bring up environments

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain ASIC APIs and SDKs in C and C++, delivering clean, scalable updates that support emulation, bring-up, and ongoing feature work.
• Own tasks that extend verification and test capability, writing Python and TCL scripts that exercise ASIC features and measure performance in the emulation environment.
• Verify ASIC functionality and performance through structured emulation tests, debugging failures and driving issues to resolution with design and software partners.
• Contribute to silicon validation once silicon arrives, using existing scripts and lab automation, including traffic‑generation tools such as Spirent and IXIA, to confirm feature behavior and performance.
• Partner across design, software, and validation teams to keep emulation environments, test plans, and silicon milestones aligned through each stage of the program

Skills

C/C++ design

Python/TCL scripting

ASIC emulation bring-up

Driver/SDK development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Spirent

IXIA

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior ASIC software engineer to develop and maintain APIs and SDKs in C/C++, enabling emulation, bring-up, and feature work. You will verify functionality through emulation tests and collaborate with design and software teams to drive silicon milestones.

The role involves writing Python/TCL scripts, contributing to silicon validation, and using lab automation with Spirent and IXIA to confirm performance.