ASIC Design Verfication Engineer II

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. Applications are accepted until further notice.

The ASIC Group works closely with other development teams within Cisco, including marketing, system hardware, software, product engineering, and manufacturing. Through this collaboration, members of our group play a major role in defining, developing and bringing new products to market across Cisco's product line.

Join our award‑winning ASIC team, where you’ll collaborate with top industry talent to design and deliver groundbreaking communications and network processing silicon. You’ll contribute to system and processor architecture, high‑speed logic design and verification, digital signal processing, memory and custom library development, physical design, DFT, signal integrity, and advanced packaging. Work with the latest VLSI techniques and deep submicron technologies, owning projects from concept to in‑house physical implementation.

• Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, Bachelors + 2 years of relevant experience or Masters + 0 years of relevant experience.
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (HDLs), such as Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with RTL design and simulation tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics).
• Exposure to scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, TCL) for automation.
• Familiarity with ASIC/SoC design flow including synthesis, place & route, and timing closure.

• Experience with ASIC verification methodologies (e.g., UVM, System Verilog)
• Understanding of physical design and DFT (Design for Test) principles
• Familiarity with Linux‑based development environments
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and problem‑solve sophisticated engineering challenges
• Excellent organizational, teamwork, and communication skills

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.