Emulation Technical Lead - ASIC DFT Champion

Cisco Systems; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 214,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems in San Jose is seeking an ASIC DFT - Emulation Technical Leader to own the DFT emulation strategy for Silicon One. You will architect the pre-silicon emulation roadmap, build a high-performing team, and define validation flows for scan, MBIST, and JTAG on Palladium, Veloce, and Zebu.

You will collaborate with RTL, physical design, ATPG teams and vendors to enable seamless silicon bring-up and push multi-terabit validation, shaping Cisco's next-gen silicon platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's + 12 years of related experience, or Masters + 8 years of related experience, or PhD + 5 years of related experience.
• Prior emulation experience on platforms such as Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu as well as experience with compilation and debug.
• Prior experience with Verilog and System Verilog.
• Prior experience with C/C++ and scripting skills with Tcl or Python/Perl.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the DFT emulation strategy for Silicon One and lead the emulation roadmap from scratch.
• Architect pre-silicon emulation flows and validate complex scan, MBIST, and JTAG architectures on Palladium, Veloce, and Zebu.
• Collaborate with RTL, physical design, ATPG teams, and vendors to enable seamless silicon bring-up and multi-terabit validation.

Skills

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C/C++

Scripting Tcl/Python/Perl

Education

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in related field

Tools

Palladium

Veloce

Zebu

Job description

Cisco Systems in San Jose is seeking an ASIC DFT - Emulation Technical Leader to own the DFT emulation strategy for Silicon One. You will architect the pre-silicon emulation roadmap, build a high-performing team, and define validation flows for scan, MBIST, and JTAG on Palladium, Veloce, and Zebu.

You will collaborate with RTL, physical design, ATPG teams and vendors to enable seamless silicon bring-up and push multi-terabit validation, shaping Cisco's next-gen silicon platforms.