ASIC Verification Engineer — Acacia (Hybrid)
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer — Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Senior verification engineer and technical lead responsible for verifying complex ASICs for next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications products within Cisco's Acacia team. The role focuses on creating verification strategies and environments, ensuring design quality, and delivering silicon-validated solutions for high-speed optical interconnect systems.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role that requires independent operation in a fast-paced environment, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating across design, firmware, and lab teams.
Experience Level
Senior-level. Experience guidance provided by the employer: typically 8+ years with a Bachelor's, 6+ years with a Master's, or 3+ years with a PhD; equivalent related work experience is also considered.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership of verification efforts, development of verification infrastructure, and execution oversight for ASIC projects.
- Lead definition and development of detailed, comprehensive verification test plans.
- Design, develop, and maintain verification testbenches and infrastructure.
- Apply advanced verification techniques to complex ASIC designs and supervise execution of test plans.
- Review verification code, coverage metrics, and contribute to quality assessment of designs.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and drive process and tool improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate latest test technologies and lab validation practices.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience followed by concise preferred items.
- Must-have: Strong experience with SystemVerilog/UVM and object-oriented verification methodologies.
- Proficiency in C++ and experience with SystemC.
- Practical experience with ASIC verification methodologies, verification tools, and scripting/programming languages for test automation.
- Proven ability to lead technical verification projects, communicate effectively, and mentor engineers.
- Experience in lab silicon bring-up and validation (practical testing of silicon) is preferred but valuable in this role.
- Nice-to-have: Experience with Formal Verification tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal), DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM), C++ templates, in-house IP development, and prior leadership of ASIC technical teams.
Education Requirements
Employer specifies degree-plus-experience options: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years related experience, Master's plus 6 years, or PhD plus 3 years — or equivalent related work experience. No specific fields of study or certifications were mandated in the posting.
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).
