ASIC Design Engineer - Design & Timing Constraints

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  • Location:
    San Jose, California, US
  • Area of Interest
    Engineer - Hardware
  • Compensation Range
    149600 USD - 214100 USD
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    AI or Artificial Intelligence
  • Job Id
    1439367

The application window is expected to close on:  06/27/2025. 

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

Meet the Team

Join our dynamic front-end design team at Cisco Silicon One, where innovation meets cutting-edge technology! As part of the heart of silicon development at Cisco, you'll engage in every facet of chip design, from architecture to validation, using the latest silicon technologies to create groundbreaking devices. Cisco Silicon One is the only unified silicon architecture that empowers customers to deploy top-tier silicon across diverse applications, from top-of-rack switches to expansive data centers. Be a part of shaping Cisco's revolutionary solutions by designing and testing advanced ASICs that integrate networking, compute, and storage into a single system. With tightly integrated hardware and software solutions, you'll gain exposure to all aspects of our systems, leveraging the latest technology. We're seeking a talented ASIC engineer with a proven track record in high-performance products, ready to make a significant impact in the industry. Join us and push the boundaries of what's possible!

 

Your Impact

You are a diligent Design/SDC Engineer with strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of timing constraints, including clock groups, exceptions, and clock exclusivity. Proficient in industry-standard SDC/STA tools and scripting for automation, you excel at identifying and resolving timing issues across all design levels. You will collaborate with Front-end and Back-end teams to understand chip architecture and guide them in refining design and timing constraints for seamless physical design closure. As part of this team, you’ll contribute to developing next-generation networking chips.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Being a member of design team who oversees fullchip SDCs and works with physical design and DFT teams to close fullchip timing in multiple timing modes
  • Option to also do block level RTL design or block or top-level IP integration
  • Helping develop efficient methodology to promote block level SDCs to fullchip, and to bring fullchip SDC changes back to block level
  • Helping develop and apply methodology to ensure correctness and quality of SDCs as early as possible in design cycle
  • Reviewing block level SDCs and clocking diagrams and mentor other RTL design owners on SDC development
  • Creating fullchip clocking diagrams and related documentation

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of ASIC or related experience or Master’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 6+ years of ASIC or related experience
  • Experience with block/full chip SDC development in functional and test modes
  • Experience in Static Timing Analysis and prior working experience with STA tools like PrimeTime/Tempus
  • Understanding of related digital design concepts (eg. clocking and async boundaries)
  • Experience with synthesis tools (eg. Synopsys DC/DCG/FC), Verilog/System Verilog programming

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with constraint analyzer tools such as TCM (Timing Constraint Manager from Synopsys) and CCD (Conformal Constraint Designer from Cadence)
  • Experience with Spyglass CDC and glitch analysis
  • Experience using Formal Verification: Synopsys Formality and Cadence LEC.
  • Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or TCL

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.   

 We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. 

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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