ASIC DFT STA Engineer

Job Title

ASIC DFT STA Engineer

Role Summary

Join the Silicon One ASIC development team as a Static Timing Analysis (STA) engineer focused on Design-for-Test (DFT) and timing signoff. The role leads timing constraint development and verification across implementation and post-silicon validation for networking ASICs.

Experience Level

Senior-level. Typical experience guidance: Bachelor's + 7 years, Master's + 4 years, or PhD + 1 year of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Work with design, verification, and DFT teams to deliver timing-closed, testable ASIC implementations.

• Develop and verify timing constraints (SDC) and clocking schemes, including clock groups, exceptions, and clock exclusivity.
• Perform STA signoff and timing analysis across implementation flow using industry tools.
• Drive DFT-related timing closure (scan shift/capture, BIST) and analyze timing impact of DFT modes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to communicate timing issues and recommend fixes.
• Support post-silicon timing validation and debug activities.
• Automate flows and reports using scripting to integrate STA and DFT processes.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed below.

• Must-have: Prior experience with RTL design, CDC/RDC analysis and formal/conformal verification.
• Must-have: Practical experience developing and verifying SDC timing constraints and performing timing verification.
• Must-have: Programming/scripting experience in at least two of: Perl, Tcl, Python, Makefile.
• Nice-to-have: Experience debugging PCIe timing, TSMC memory timing, and DFT mode timing closure.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with STA and SDC debugging tools (e.g., Synopsys TCM, PrimeTime) and synthesis tools (e.g., Synopsys Fusion/Design Compiler).
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Tessent or other DFT insertion/tool flows.

Education Requirements

Degree and experience combinations are specified: Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of related experience, Master's degree plus 4 years, or PhD plus 1 year. Preferred profile notes a Master's with ~10 years. Equivalent practical experience is implied by the degree+experience format.

About the Company

Company: Cisco Systems

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, United States

Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, software, and services. It provides enterprise and service-provider networking, security, collaboration, and optical communications solutions (including Acacia Communications technologies for high-speed optical interconnects).