Electrical Post Silicon Validation Engineer

Job Description

Meet the Team:

Welcome to the Post-Silicon Validation Team at Cisco! Our group offers a unique combination of a startup culture with the benefits of working for the leading networking company in the world. You will engage in dynamic collaboration with verification engineers, designers, and cross-functional teams, working together to ensure the successful verification of the ASIC throughout its lifecycle.

Operating at the forefront of technology, we work with cutting-edge, high-speed, and power-hungry devices. Our small, but highly influential team thrives in this challenging environment, leveraging our expertise to impact the future of networking technology. With a commitment to excellence and a passion transformative technology, we are shaping the future of high-performance Networking and delivering unparalleled value in every project we undertake. Join us and be a part of a team where professionalism meets impact!

Your Impact :

You will be part of a high performance multidisciplinary team, taking full ownership of cutting edge features related to ASIC engineering post silicon validation. Hands-on cross functional experience with emphasis on SW development for multiple platforms (SERDES, PHY, Diagnostics, SDK and BSP).

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute detailed post-silicon validation plans for new ASICs
• Design and implement test cases in Python for validating functionality, performance, and power metrics
• Collaborate with ASIC design team to ensure thorough coverage and test completeness
• Bring-up silicon in the lab and debug/resolve issues
• Analyze and root-cause silicon failures, work closely with design teams to drive resolution
• Automate test execution and data collection for regression and performance monitoring
• Support product qualification and yield analysis

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Master's degree in Software, or Computer Engineering with at least 5+ years’ experience.
• Prior experience in post-silicon validation, hardware bring-up, or related fields.
• Prior experience developing software in Python for hardware/ASIC testing.
• Prior experience in chip-level, board-level and system-level hardware architecture.
• Prior experience in Linux environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with network processor and PHY testing.
• High speed SERDES hardware or software experience.
• Prior experience working with ATE teams and supporting silicon testing in production.
• ASIC driver development experience a plus

Learn More:

To get a glimpse of the exciting work we're doing, check out our Silicon One portfolio on YouTube: Cisco Silicon One ASIC Features And Use Cases (Part 1/2) (youtube.com)