ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Work on verification of next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications ASICs within Cisco’s Acacia group. The role is a senior technical contributor and leader responsible for designing verification plans, developing verification environments, and ensuring design quality for complex ASIC projects.
Position is on a hybrid schedule with onsite work at Cisco’s Maynard, MA office three days per week and collaboration across cross-functional teams working on DSP ASICs and photonics modules.
Experience Level
Senior — experienced technical lead. The posting targets senior engineers (see Education Requirements for specific experience/degree equivalencies).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include planning, implementing, and overseeing ASIC verification activities and mentoring team members.
- Lead development of detailed verification test plans and metrics.
- Design and develop verification testbenches and environments.
- Apply advanced verification techniques (OOV methodologies, coverage-driven verification) to complex designs.
- Supervise and coordinate execution of test plans across the verification team.
- Review verification code and coverage results; track closure of verification goals.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers on verification methods and tools.
- Collaborate with design, silicon validation, and cross-functional teams to integrate test technologies and processes.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and domain experience; preferred items listed separately.
- Must-have: Strong experience with ASIC verification methodologies and tools; object-oriented verification methodologies.
- Must-have: Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC.
- Must-have: Proficiency in C++ and scripting/programming languages used in verification flows.
- Must-have: Proven ability to lead verification projects and mentor engineers.
- Preferred: Experience with in-house IP development and leading ASIC technical teams.
- Preferred: DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM), C++ templates.
- Preferred: Lab silicon validation experience and formal verification tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Preferred: Track record of innovation that produced measurable improvements.
Education Requirements
Minimum qualifications state: Bachelor's degree + 8 years related experience, or Master's degree + 6 years related experience, or PhD + 3 years related experience, or equivalent related work experience. No specific fields of study or certifications are listed; the posting allows equivalent practical experience in lieu of a listed degree.
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).
