ASIC DESIGN FOR TEST ENGINEER - Acacia

  • Location:
    Offsite, San Jose, California, US
  • Alternate Location
    united states
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Hardware
  • Compensation Range
    117800 USD - 214100 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    Cloud and Data Center
  • Job Id
    1437288

The application window is expected to close on 7/14/25. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

Acacia designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G and 1T bit speed fiber optic transmission market deployed in data center, metro, long-haul and ultra-long haul telecommunication networks. This role is within our ASIC team, specifically as part of the Design for Test group.

Your Impact

As a member of Acacia’s ASIC team, you will set up and implement MBIST, REPAIR, Boundary Scan, EDT, OCC and SCAN at chip and/or block level and set up pattern generation flow for Scan/ATPG & MBIST/Repair/Fuse.

  • You will work with seasoned DFT engineers to implement and verify Design For Test.
  • You will also interact with RTL/PD/STA/ATE, collaborating with them for a successful tape out.

Minimum Qualification:

  • Typically: Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters +4 years of related experience, or PHD + 1 years of experience in ASIC DFT flows and implementation.
  • Prior experience implementing scan control logic in RTL
  • Prior experience with hierarchical ATPG and core wrapping techniques, ATPG and post-silicon DVT
  • Prior experience with Synopsys/Mentor DFT tools

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with scan compression and scan partitioning
  • Experience with MemoryBIST, eFuse, Repair and yield improvement techniques
  • Experience with JTAG Boundary Scan Insertion AC/DC
  • Experience with Clocking architecture during various ATPG modes such as: Intest and Extest
  • TCL scripting experience to automate DFT flows

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.



Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.

Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday. Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period. Exempt new hires participate in Cisco’s flexible Vacation Time Off policy, which does not place a defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use, but is subject to availability and some business limitations. All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off subject to Cisco’s Sick Time Off Policy and will have eighty (80) hours of sick time off provided on their hire date and on January 1st of each year thereafter.  Up to 80 hours of unused sick time will be carried forward from one calendar year to the next such that the maximum number of sick time hours an employee may have available is 160 hours. Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program designed specifically with local requirements in mind. All employees also have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

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