ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Cisco SystemsJob Title
ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Senior verification engineer and technical lead responsible for planning and executing verification of high-speed optical communications ASICs (100G–1.6T) within the Acacia ASIC team. The role focuses on defining verification strategies, developing verification environments, improving team processes, and mentoring engineers.
This is a hybrid position based in Maynard, MA; the engineer will work closely with cross-functional ASIC, DSP, silicon photonics, and lab teams to deliver production-quality silicon.
Experience Level
Senior. This is a technical lead role requiring substantial, demonstrable ASIC verification experience; see Education Requirements for the hiring experience guidelines.
Responsibilities
Core responsibilities include leading verification planning and execution, designing test environments, and providing technical leadership and mentorship.
- Lead development of detailed, comprehensive verification test plans.
- Design and implement verification testbenches and environments.
- Apply advanced verification methodologies and innovative techniques to complex ASIC designs.
- Oversee and coordinate execution of test plans across the verification team.
- Review verification code and coverage metrics; drive improvements to achieve quality targets.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and promote best practices.
- Collaborate with design, firmware, DSP, and validation teams to integrate verification and lab validation activities.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience required for the role.
- Proven experience with modern ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming.
- Strong experience in C++.
- Experience with SystemVerilog and UVM.
- Experience with SystemC.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical verification projects and mentor engineers.
- Ability to operate independently and provide technical solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Nice-to-have
- Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- Experience developing in-house IP and leading ASIC technical teams.
- C++ templates and advanced C++ usage.
- Lab silicon validation experience.
- Experience with formal verification tools (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Track record of innovations that improved verification or design quality.
Education Requirements
Degree and experience requirements: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of related experience, or Master's degree plus 6 years of related experience, or PhD plus 3 years of related experience, 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).
