SR ASIC Design Verification Engineer

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Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing a unified silicon architecture for web scale and service provider networks. Cisco’s silicon team provides a unique experience for ASIC engineers by combining the resources offered by a large multi-geography silicon organization and a large campus (with onsite gym, healthcare, and café, social interest groups, and philanthropy), with the startup culture and breadth of growth opportunities that working in a smaller ASIC team can provide.

• Participate in the ASIC design verification for Cisco high-end switching products.

• Architect, develop, and maintain block, cluster, and top-level Design Verification (DV) environment infrastructure

• Develop simulation models, test plans, direct and random tests, code or functional coverage, multi-chip/system simulation, and performance analysis.

• Construct testbenches components like scoreboard, agents, sequencers, and monitors.

• Collaborate with designers, architects, and software teams to debug issues during post-silicon bring-up and integration

• Ensure comprehensive verification coverage through code and functional coverage implementation and review

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree and 7+ years of related experience or Master's in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree and 4+ years of related experience, or PhD in electrical/computer science/computer engineering/related degree + 1 year of related experience.

• Experience with ASIC design and verification processes, debugging, methodology, and tools.

• Experience in verifying blocks/clusters or full chip level for ASIC.

• Experience using emulation platforms such as Veloce, Palladium, Zebu, or HAPS

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The starting salary range posted for this position is $165,000.00 to $241,400.00 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.

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. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks.

Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.