Senior Emulation Engineer – Pre-Silicon Systems (C/C++, TCL)

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced emulation-focused engineer to join the Common Hardware Group in Milpitas/San Jose.

You will help develop emulation environments, implement C/C++ and TCL-based infrastructure, and work across design, DV, and post-silicon teams to ensure robust pre-silicon validation. The role emphasizes RTL development for emulation prototypes, system debugging, and test plan execution, partnering with top engineering teams to push Cisco Silicon One and related

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of related emulation experience
• Master's degree with 3+ years of related emulation experience
• Experience emulating on Palladium, Veloce or Zebu
• C/C++ and TCL software infrastructure development
• System debugging tools (gdb, waveform debuggers) experience
• RTL development for Emulation prototypes

Responsibilities

• Develop emulation environments to evaluate performance of multi-terabit systems
• Develop emulation infrastructure using C/C++ and TCL
• Collaborate with design, DV, power and post-silicon diagnostic teams
• Assist test plan design, implementation and debugging in pre-silicon emulation
• Develop tests to generate complex traffic and performance scenarios
• Work with leading emulation team members to resolve issues

Skills

C/C++

TCL

RTL development

System debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5 years

Master's degree + 3 years

Tools

Palladium

Veloce

Zebu

gdb

waveform debuggers

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced emulation-focused engineer to join the Common Hardware Group in Milpitas/San Jose.

You will help develop emulation environments, implement C/C++ and TCL-based infrastructure, and work across design, DV, and post-silicon teams to ensure robust pre-silicon validation. The role emphasizes RTL development for emulation prototypes, system debugging, and test plan execution, partnering with top engineering teams to push Cisco Silicon One and related