Cisco

ASIC Design Verification Technical Leader

Cisco • $186K — $267K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience or Master's degree with 7+ years or Ph.D. with 5+ years in a related field.
  • Strong experience with SystemVerilog, UVM, and modern verification methodologies.
  • Proven experience in developing and executing verification strategies for complex ASIC or SoC programs.
  • Demonstrated leadership in verification teams or complex verification projects.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Perl.

Responsibilities

  • Lead ASIC verification planning and execution for complex networking SoCs.
  • Drive verification strategy, test plan development, and execution across multiple IPs.
  • Provide mentorship and promote best practices among verification engineers.
  • Develop scalable, reusable verification environments and methodologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for debug and silicon bring-up.
  • Lead debug efforts, perform root cause analysis, and drive issues to closure.
  • Champion continuous improvement in verification productivity and automation.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan with a company matching contribution.
  • Paid parental leave and disability coverage.
  • Flexible vacation time off for exempt employees.
  • Paid time off for employee's birthday and wellness days.
  • Paid volunteer days and holiday shutdowns.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 10/27/2026
This role requires being onsite in San Jose, CA at least 4 days/week.

Your Impact
  • Lead the planning and execution of ASIC verification for complex networking SoCs, ensuring high-quality and predictable project execution.
  • Drive verification strategy, testplan development, coverage closure, and execution across multiple IPs and subsystem-level verification efforts.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to verification engineers, promoting best practices and technical excellence.
  • Develop and enhance scalable, reusable verification environments, infrastructure, and methodologies using SystemVerilog/UVM.
  • Collaborate closely with architecture, RTL, emulation, FPGA, and post-silicon teams to enable efficient debug and successful silicon bring-up.
  • Lead complex debug efforts, perform root cause analysis, and drive issues to closure across simulation, emulation, and silicon.
  • Champion continuous improvements in verification productivity, automation, regression efficiency, and quality metrics.
  • Evaluate and adopt new verification technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices to improve verification effectiveness.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of related experience, or Master's degree with 7+ years of related experience, or Ph.D. with 5+ years of related experience.
  • Strong experience with SystemVerilog, UVM, and modern verification methodologies, including hardware emulation.
  • Experience developing and executing verification strategies for complex ASIC or SoC programs.
  • Experience leading verification teams or serving as the technical lead for complex verification projects.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Perl


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Datacenter, Hyperscaler, AI, or networking ASICs.
  • Deep understanding of high-speed protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, CXL, HBM, DDR) and large-scale SoC architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with hardware emulation platforms such as FPGA prototyping, Cadence Palladium, Siemens Veloce/StratoCS, or Synopsys ZeBu.
  • Experience with silicon bring-up, post-silicon validation, and debug.
  • Experience optimizing verification productivity, regression infrastructure, and automation.
  • Strong technical leadership, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills

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