Senior Emulation Engineer

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco is seeking an experienced ASIC Developer to join the Common Hardware Group at its San Jose office. This role involves developing complex emulation environments, collaborating with cutting-edge teams, and contributing to the design and testing of innovative silicon solutions. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in emulation, debugging, and development using C/C++, along with a deep understanding of hardware design principles. Join us in shaping the future of networking technology!

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Dedicated paid time off to volunteer

Inclusive community organizations

Opportunities for learning and development

Qualifications

• 8+ years relevant experience in emulation systems.
• Experience with Verilog, System Verilog, RTL development.
• Familiarity with debugging tools and environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop emulation environments for multi-terabit systems.
• Collaborate with design and diagnostic teams.
• Assist in test plan design and debugging during pre-silicon phases.

Skills

Emulation experience

C/C++

TCL

System Verilog

Debugging

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in EE or CE

Tools

Palladium

Veloce

Zebu

gdb

waveform debuggers

Job description

The application window has been extended and 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 work with Cisco’s best-in-class switching solution team. Our team is responsible for driving integration of the Nexus systems and ACI with software, including OpenStack, Docker, and Open vSwitch, to help our customers build multitenant clouds.

What you’ll do:

* Develop state-of-the-art emulation environments that will be used to evaluate the performance and functionality of multi-terabit systems.

* Developing emulation infrastructure using C/C++ and TCL

* As a team member, work closely with the design, DV, power, and post-silicon diagnostic teams.

* Assist with test plan design, test implementation, and debugging during the pre-silicon emulation process.

* Develop tests to generate complex traffic, and performance scenarios to catch potential post-Silicon issues during the Pre-Silicon phase.

* Work with leading emulation vendors to troubleshoot issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in EE (Electrical & Electronics) or CE (Computer Engineering) with 8+ years of relevant experience.

* Prior emulation experience on platforms such as Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu as well as experience with compilation, debug, performance testing, and UVM

* Prior experience with RTL development for Emulation prototypes and Verilog, System Verilog.

* Prior experience with C/C++ and TCL infrastructure development

* Prior experience with System debug tools like gdb, waveform debuggers.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with scripting programs (e.g., Python, Perl or similar)

* Post Silicon functional validation or debugging experience is a plus.

* Experience with protocols e.g. PCie, I2C, Ethernet packet headers, Ethernet protocol is preferred.

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