Senior ASIC Architect & Technical Lead

Cisco Systems, Inc; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 356,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching program

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Cisco RSUs

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc in the United States is seeking a senior technical leader to define, architect, and productize high-performance mixed-signal ASICs and DFT subsystems. You will drive cross-functional collaboration, develop verification strategies for digital and analog blocks, and push scalable methodologies across multiple product lines.

As a hands-on leader, you will use AI-driven scripts to accelerate verification and time-to-market, working with tool vendors and IP suppliers while guiding

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of related experience, or Master's plus 8 years, or PhD plus 5 years.
• Experience owning DFT architecture development for an SoC.
• Experience implementing at-speed scan, MBIST, BISR, boundary-scan, and custom techniques for parametric testing of analog and mixed-signal blocks.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and definition for blocks, subsystems, or DFT frameworks, partnering with domain experts to solve complex challenges.
• Lead project-level design and champion scalable methodology across product lines.
• Create and implement robust verification strategies for high-speed digital and analog blocks.
• Collaborate across library, process, PnR, Test Eng., and Operations; develop reusable designs and automated flows/scripts.
• Utilize AI and agent-based scripts to drive efficiency and time-to-market.

Skills

DFT architecture

MBIST

BISR

Boundary-scan

Parametric testing (analog/mixed-sig)

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

EDA tools

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc in the United States is seeking a senior technical leader to define, architect, and productize high-performance mixed-signal ASICs and DFT subsystems. You will drive cross-functional collaboration, develop verification strategies for digital and analog blocks, and push scalable methodologies across multiple product lines.

As a hands-on leader, you will use AI-driven scripts to accelerate verification and time-to-market, working with tool vendors and IP suppliers while guiding