Design Verification (DV) Engineer

The application window is expected to close on 02/26/2024

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the team

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. 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. 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.

Your Impact

You will work with front-end RTL Design and Verification teams and Architects to understand chip architecture and drive design verification requirements. You'll work with SDK and Software teams as part of ASIC development to build a flawless handshake between hardware and software functionalities and qualify use-case requirements. You'll also have the opportunity to work with systems-testing teams during post-silicon validation efforts to bring-up, debug and qualify the ASIC in deployment-mode applications

You will participate in the ASIC design verification and Emulation for Cisco high-end switching products. One of the largest and most sophisticated of its kind in the industry

Use the microarchitecture and define the verification plan and be responsible for the entire verification process

Develop the verification environment, including crafting and implementing test plans, and perform any vital debugging

You will take part in the development of simulation models, test plan, code or functional coverage, multi-chip/system simulation, and performance analysis

Minimum Qualifications


Bachelors of Science Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related degree with 4+ years of design verification experience or

Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related degree with 2+ years of design verification experience


3+ years of experience in ASIC or Silicon


Prior experience working with System Verilog


Prior experience with ASIC Verification processes, methodologies, flows and tools

Experience with scripting languages Python or Perl

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of Networking technologies and concepts

Experience with Emulation and FPGA Prototyping

Experience with Post-silicon lab bring-up

Experience with C/C++ Programming

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