ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
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ASIC Verification Engineer - Acacia (Hybrid)
Role Summary
Technical lead role on Acacia's ASIC verification team focusing on next-generation 100G–1.6T coherent optical communications ASICs. The engineer will design verification strategies, lead verification projects, and improve verification processes for complex mixed-signal/digital ASICs.
The role is cross-functional and involves mentoring teammates, collaborating with design and system leads, and delivering high-quality verification coverage for production silicon.
Experience Level
Senior — typically 8+ years of related experience (or equivalent practical experience). This is a technical lead contributor role requiring independent operation and leadership within verification projects.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include planning, implementing, and overseeing ASIC verification activities.
- Lead development of detailed verification test plans and strategies.
- Design and develop verification testbenches and harnesses.
- Apply advanced, object-oriented verification methodologies to complex designs.
- Supervise and coordinate execution of verification tasks across the team.
- Review verification code, functional coverage, and closure metrics.
- Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers on verification techniques and tools.
- Collaborate with design, system, and lab teams to integrate verification with silicon bring-up and validation.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed separately.
- Strong experience with SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification methodologies.
- Proficiency in C++ and familiarity with SystemC.
- Experience with modern ASIC verification methodologies, tools, and scripting/programming for automation.
- Demonstrable experience applying object-oriented verification techniques and developing verification infrastructure.
- Proven ability to lead technical verification projects and mentor engineers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for cross-team collaboration.
Nice-to-have:
- Experience with DSP algorithms and modulation techniques (e.g., QAM).
- Lab silicon validation experience and in-house IP development background.
- Experience with Formal Verification tools and methodologies (e.g., Jasper, VCFormal).
- Familiarity with advanced C++ features such as templates.
Education Requirements
Minimum qualifications include: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years related experience, Master's degree plus 6 years related experience, PhD plus 3 years related experience, or equivalent related work experience. Specific fields of study were not specified.
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).
