ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia
Role Summary
Technical lead role on the Acacia ASIC verification team focused on next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications products. The engineer will design and drive verification plans, develop verification environments, and provide technical leadership and mentoring to the team.
Work is on a hybrid schedule with three days per week in the Maynard, MA office.
Experience Level
Senior-level technical lead. Typical experience expectation: multiple years of ASIC verification experience (generally 7–10+ years; posting indicates senior/lead level).
Responsibilities
Lead verification strategy and execution for complex ASIC designs, ensure design quality, and support cross-functional delivery.
- Lead development of detailed and comprehensive verification test plans.
- Design, develop, and maintain verification testbenches and environments.
- Apply advanced verification methodologies and innovative techniques to complex designs.
- Supervise and coordinate execution of verification tasks across the team.
- Review verification code, coverage metrics, and sign off on verification progress.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive process and tool improvements.
- Collaborate with architects, design, and validation teams to integrate test technologies and processes.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience (education details are in Education Requirements below).
- Proven experience with ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming languages.
- Experience with C++ and object-oriented verification methodologies.
- Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to lead technical projects independently.
Preferred / nice-to-have:
- Experience leading ASIC technical teams and in-house IP development.
- Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- C++ templates and advanced C++ usage.
- Lab silicon bring-up and validation experience.
- Experience with Formal Verification tools and methodologies (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Track record of innovations that yield measurable improvements.
Education Requirements
Posting specifies: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years related experience, or Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years, or equivalent related work experience. (Degrees and the "or equivalent practical experience" option are required as stated.)
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).
