ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Senior technical lead responsible for verification of next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications ASICs within Cisco's Acacia team. The role focuses on ensuring design quality through development of verification strategies, test benches, and process improvements while providing technical leadership and mentoring.
Experience Level
Senior-level technical lead. Typical experience expectation: multi-year senior experience (see Education Requirements for degree/experience equivalencies).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership of ASIC verification activities and hands-on development of verification infrastructure.
- Lead development of detailed verification test plans and strategies.
- Design, implement, and maintain verification test benches and environments.
- Apply advanced and object-oriented verification methodologies to complex designs.
- Supervise and coordinate execution of test plans across the verification team.
- Review verification code and coverage metrics; drive improvements.
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers on verification techniques and tools.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate latest test technologies and processes.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred skills are listed separately.
- Must-have: Strong practical experience with ASIC verification methodologies and tools.
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification.
- Experience with SystemC and C++ (object-oriented verification and development).
- Familiarity with scripting and programming for verification automation.
- Proven ability to develop comprehensive test benches and verification plans.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience leading technical efforts and mentoring engineers.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- Experience with in-house IP development and laboratory silicon validation.
- Experience with Formal Verification tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Familiarity with advanced C++ features such as templates.
Education Requirements
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years related experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years, or equivalent related work experience.
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).
