ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia
Role Summary
Senior technical contributor on the Acacia ASIC verification team developing next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications products. The role focuses on planning and executing verification for complex ASICs, creating verification solutions, improving team processes, and mentoring engineers.
This is a hybrid role requiring three days per week on-site at Cisco’s Maynard, MA office.
Experience Level
Senior-level. Typical experience guidance from the posting: Bachelor's + 8 years, Master's + 6 years, PhD + 3 years, or equivalent related work experience.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership of ASIC verification efforts and hands-on development of verification infrastructure and tests.
- Lead and develop detailed, comprehensive verification test plans.
- Design and develop verification test benches and environments.
- Apply advanced and innovative verification techniques to complex ASIC designs.
- Supervise and coordinate execution of test plans across the team.
- Review verification code, functional coverage, and metrics; ensure design quality.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and process improvements for the verification team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate the latest test technologies and lab validation practices.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience. Preferred items listed separately.
- Proven experience with ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming languages.
- Experience with object-oriented verification methodologies.
- Strong C++ experience.
- Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-team collaboration and reporting.
Nice-to-have:
- Track record of innovation that produced measurable improvements.
- Experience developing in-house IP and leading ASIC technical teams.
- Familiarity with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- Experience with C++ templates.
- Lab silicon validation experience.
- Formal verification experience and tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
Education Requirements
Posting specifies degree-and-experience combinations: Bachelor's + 8 years, Master's + 6 years, PhD + 3 years, or equivalent related work experience. No specific fields of study were listed; equivalent practical experience is acceptable.
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).
