Asic Engineering Technical Leader

Who We Are

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. With ~2,100 employees across 16 countries, we design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

Who You'll Work With

You will be in the Silicon One development organization as an ASIC Implementation Technical Lead in San Jose, CA with a primary focus on Design-for-Test. You will work with Front-end RTL teams, backend physical design teams to understand chip architecture and drive DFT requirements early in the design cycle. As a member of this team you will also be involved in crafting groundbreaking next generation networking chips. You will help lead to drive the DFT and quality process through the entire Implementation flow and post silicon validation phases with additional exposure to physical design signoff activities.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for thorough test planning and development of test benches to verify comprehensive Design-for-Test (DFT) architecture that supports ATE screening, in-system test, debug and diagnostics needs of the design

• Work closely with the design/design-verification and PD teams to enable the integration and validation of the Test logic in all phases of the implementation and post silicon validation flows.

• Work with the team on Innovative Hardware DFT & test strategy aspects for new silicon device models, bare die & stacked die, driving re-usable test and debug methodologies and standards

• Work with the team on DFT challenge identification, cross-functional solution brainstorming and implementation plan development, and lead junior engineers to deliver expected implementations on schedule.

• The job requires the candidate to have the ability to craft solutions and debug with minimal mentorship.

Who You Are

You are an ASIC Design for Test Hardware Engineer with 7+ years of related work experience with a broad mix of technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or a Master's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering required with at least 7 years of experience.

• Knowledge of the latest innovative trends in DFT, test and silicon engineering.

• Experience with Jtag protocols, Scan and BIST architectures, including memory BIST and boundary scan.

• Experience on hardware design specifications and verification plan/matrix, RTL & testbench implementations.

• Experience on DFT quality sign off checklist and reviews for chip tape out, including test coverage, STA.

• Experience on pre-silicon DFT implementation and verification flows, and post-silicon test bring up procedures.

• Verification skills include, System Verilog Logic Equivalency checking and validating the Test-timing of the design

• Experience working with Gate level simulation, debugging with VCS and other simulators.

• Post-silicon validation and debug experience; Ability to work with ATE patterns, P1687; Ability to analyze and root cause test failures on ATE

• Scripting skills: Tcl, Python/Perl.

Preferred Skills:

• DFT CAD development - Test Architecture, Methodology and Infrastructure

• Post silicon validation using DFT patterns.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all. We embrace digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we're "old" (36 years strong) and only about hardware, but we're also a software company. And a security company.

We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do - you can't put us in a box! But "Digital Transformation" is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it).

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, give our egos a break, and give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, bold steps, and take difference to heart.

Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward. So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us!

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