ASIC Design Verification Engineer

ASIC Design Verification Engineer

As an ASIC Design Verification Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing Cisco's revolutionary data center solutions. You'll architect and develop DV infrastructure, create and execute comprehensive test plans, and ensure robust verification and coverage for complex chips. Your collaboration with designers, architects, and software teams will help guarantee seamless integration and optimal performance of Cisco's hardware platforms. You will:

• Participate in the ASIC design verification for Cisco high-end switching products.
• Perform end-to-end verification of design blocks and top-level
• Develop simulation models, test plans, direct and random tests, code or functional coverage, multi-chip/system simulation, and performance analysis.
• Construct test benches components like scoreboard, agents, sequencers, and monitors.
• Collaborate with the hardware, software designers, and vendors.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree and 5+ years of related experience or Master's in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree and 3+ years of related experience, or PhD in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree + 0 years of related experience.
• Prior experience in System Verilog and UVM.
• Prior experience with ASIC design and verification processes, debugging, methodology, and tools.
• Prior experience in verifying blocks/clusters or full chip level for ASIC.

• Experience with Linux, C/C++, and/or Python/Perl.
• Prior experience in emulation.
• Post-silicon lab bring-up experience.
• Experience in Networking.
• Experience with Formal verification.
• Experience with AI agents (i.e Cursor, Codex, CoPilot, etc…)

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