Lead Silicon Validation Engineer (ASIC/Emulation)

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

Job summary

The Silicon One team at Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced software engineer to develop and maintain ASIC APIs and SDKs in C/C++, and to extend verification and test capabilities within emulation environments.

You will collaborate with design, software, and validation teams across the full silicon lifecycle. You will write Python and TCL scripts to exercise ASIC features, verify functionality, and help drive performance improvements in emulation.

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 skills 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++ development

ASIC drivers

Python scripting

TCL scripting

Emulator bring-up

Linux kernel drivers

Education

Bachelor's degree + 7 years

Master's degree +4 years

PhD +1 year

Tools

Spirent

IXIA

Emulator

Job description

The Silicon One team at Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced software engineer to develop and maintain ASIC APIs and SDKs in C/C++, and to extend verification and test capabilities within emulation environments.

You will collaborate with design, software, and validation teams across the full silicon lifecycle. You will write Python and TCL scripts to exercise ASIC features, verify functionality, and help drive performance improvements in emulation.