Senior ASIC Engineer

The application window is expected to close on: 11/29/2026

This position will require to work onsite 4 days a week in the San Jose location

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms- like Silicon One- are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow.

Because full product development- from design to qualification to production- is within our team, we're able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

• Drives the definition, architecture and design and verification of high performance ASICs
• Owns complex or multiple functional areas
• Develops reusable code for future projects
• Creates re-usable code
• Debugs at ASIC, SW, HW level
• Works with ASIC and Apps, with limited external scope
• Leads design and DV work by solving block level issues and participates in chip level issue resolution
• Drives reviews and recognizes areas of architectural concerns
• Defines new verification methodologies
• Helps in lab bring up
• Leads code reviews at platform level
• Identifies, designs and implements power saving solutions

• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 2 years of related experience
• Experience with ASIC design and verification processes (with System Verilog), debugging, methodology, and tools.

• Experience with dashboard management for regression, coverage, test list completion and other DV statistics.
• Post-silicon lab bring-up experience.
• Experience in leading the verification methodology (in UVM) of clusters/subsystems or full chip level for ASIC.
• Experience using emulation platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, or HAPS.
• Experience with Linux, C/C++, and/or Python/Perl.
• Experience in Networking.

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.

Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below.

For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a…