ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia

Job Title

ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia

Role Summary

Senior technical contributor and verification lead for next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications ASICs within Cisco's Acacia team. Responsible for designing and executing verification strategies, developing verification infrastructure, and providing technical leadership to the verification team.

This is a hybrid role with three days per week at Cisco's Maynard, MA office.

Experience Level

Senior. This is a technical-lead role; see Education Requirements for the specific years-of-experience equivalencies.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include planning, executing, and improving ASIC verification efforts and mentoring teammates.

• Lead development of detailed verification test plans and verification test benches.
• Design and apply advanced verification techniques to complex ASIC designs.
• Supervise and coordinate execution of test plans across the team.
• Review verification code and coverage metrics; drive improvements to achieve project goals.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate latest verification tools, processes, and test technologies.
• Operate independently to create verification solutions in a fast-paced, highly technical environment.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and practical experience required for the role; preferred items listed separately.

Must-have

• Experience with ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming languages.
• Proficiency in C++ (practical coding experience).
• Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC.
• Knowledge of object-oriented verification methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication and teamwork skills.

Nice-to-have

• Experience leading ASIC technical teams or acting as technical lead.
• Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM) and in-house IP development.
• Familiarity with C++ templates and advanced C++ techniques.
• Lab silicon validation experience and hands-on silicon bring-up.
• Experience with Formal Verification methodologies and tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
• Track record of process or product innovations that improved verification outcomes.

Education Requirements

Degree and experience equivalency: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, Master's degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience — or equivalent related work experience. (Source posting lists degree + years equivalencies; specific fields of study not specified.)

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).