Silicon Validation Lead for High-Speed Networking

Cisco Systems, Inc; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA seeks a Silicon Engineering Technical Lead to drive root-cause analysis from system failures down to silicon behavior and to develop validation and characterization plans for performance, coverage, and stress tests.

You will support manufacturing failure analysis, correlate silicon data with system performance, and collaborate with ASIC, SerDes, Substrate, Packaging, Thermal, Firmware/SDK, and Optics teams to improve test coverage through ATE, wafer- and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5 years in silicon engineering, ASIC validation or related technical domain.
• Experience with silicon architecture and performance characterization.
• Knowledge of signal integrity and high-speed SerDes.
• Experience performing root-cause analysis from system to silicon behavior.
• Familiarity with DFT, scan, MBIST, LBIST, boundary scan/JTAG and production testing.

Responsibilities

• Conduct root-cause analysis from system-level failures down to silicon behavior.
• Develop silicon validation and characterization for functional coverage, performance and stress.
• Establish silicon margins and operating limits, correlate data with system behavior.
• Support manufacturing failure analysis and containment of silicon.
• Collaborate with ASIC, SerDes, Substrate, Packaging, Thermal, Firmware/SDK, and Optics teams.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Silicon validation

Silicon architecture

Signal integrity

High-speed SerDes

DFT/MBIST/boundary scan

Production test methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Automated test equipment (ATE)

Wafer-level testing

Package-level testing

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Milpitas, CA seeks a Silicon Engineering Technical Lead to drive root-cause analysis from system failures down to silicon behavior and to develop validation and characterization plans for performance, coverage, and stress tests.

You will support manufacturing failure analysis, correlate silicon data with system performance, and collaborate with ASIC, SerDes, Substrate, Packaging, Thermal, Firmware/SDK, and Optics teams to improve test coverage through ATE, wafer- and