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. Focus areas include verification strategy, testbench development, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure design quality.
This is a hybrid role based in Maynard, MA with three days per week in the office.
Experience Level
Senior level. The role expects substantial experience (see Education Requirements for experience-to-degree mappings).
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include technical leadership of ASIC verification activities and delivering verification solutions for complex designs.
- Lead development of detailed test plans and verification strategies.
- Design and develop verification testbenches using UVM/SystemVerilog and related methodologies.
- Apply advanced verification techniques to complex designs and supervise test execution.
- Review verification code and coverage metrics; drive quality improvements.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to verification engineers.
- Collaborate with design, firmware, and validation teams to incorporate test technologies and processes.
Requirements
Must-have skills and experience:
- Proven expertise with ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and flows.
- Strong experience with SystemVerilog and UVM; familiarity with SystemC.
- Proficiency in C++ and common scripting/programming languages used in verification.
- Experience with object-oriented verification methodologies and advanced verification techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and mentor team members.
- Effective written and verbal communication for cross-team collaboration.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience leading ASIC technical teams and in-house IP development.
- Familiarity with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- C++ template programming experience.
- Lab silicon bring-up and silicon validation experience.
- Experience with formal verification tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Track record of innovation and process improvements.
Education Requirements
Bachelor’s degree plus ~8 years related experience, Master’s plus ~6 years, PhD plus ~3 years, or equivalent related work experience. Specific fields of study were not specified 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).
