ASIC Design Verification Engineer I (Full Time) - United States

ASIC Design Verification Engineer I (Full Time) – United States

Please note this posting is to advertise potential job opportunities. This exact role may not be open today but could open in the near future. When you apply, a Cisco representative may contact you directly if a relevant position opens. Applications are accepted until further notice.

Meet the Team

The ASIC Group works closely with other development teams within Cisco, including marketing, system hardware, software, product engineering, and manufacturing. Through this collaboration, members of our group play a major role in defining, developing and bringing new products to market across Cisco's product line. Open-minded, driven, diverse and deeply creative people at Cisco craft the hardware that makes the internet work. Bring your knowledge of computers and networking and take it to a new level in any one of the following product categories including : cloud, social, mobile / wireless, video, VoIP, collaboration, web, Internet of Things, routing, switching, IPv6, data center, HPC, TelePresence and many more. Your work will affect billions globally.

Your Impact

Join our award-winning ASIC team, where you’ll collaborate with top industry talent to design and deliver ground‑breaking communications and network processing silicon. You’ll contribute to system and processor architecture, high‑speed logic design and verification, digital signal processing, memory and custom library development, physical design, DFT, signal integrity, and advanced packaging. Work with the latest VLSI techniques and deep submicron technologies, owning projects from concept to in‑house physical implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

Completion within the past 3 years, or current enrollment with expected completion within 12 months, of a Bachelor’s degree program. Familiarity with hardware description languages (HDLs), such as Verilog or VHDL.

Experience with RTL design and simulation tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor Graphics).

Exposure to scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, TCL) for automation.

Familiarity with ASIC / SoC design flow including synthesis, place & route, and timing closure.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with ASIC verification methodologies (e.g., UVM, SystemVerilog).

Understanding of physical design and DFT (Design for Test) principles.

Familiarity with Linux‑based development environments.

Ability to adapt to new technologies and problem‑solve sophisticated engineering challenges.

Excellent organizational, teamwork, and communication skills.

Why Cisco

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

Benefits

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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