Physical Design Technical Leader

What You'll Do

You'll be joining our Physical Design team within Cisco Silicon One, which is responsible for the entire backend methodology and flow development from RTL to GDS. This is a critical part of the group leading the development of high-quality VLSI designs.

Our Backend Engineers handle all aspects of chip design, including Definition, Physical Synthesis, Place and Route, Optimization, Timing Closure, Design Floor Planning

We demonstrate the latest silicon technologies and processes to build the largest-scale and most complex devices, pushing the boundaries of feasibility.

Your Impact

You'll be part of the Cisco Silicon One team, which is at the heart of Cisco’s software and ASIC design efforts.

As part of our team, you’ll contribute to the development of our next-generation network devices—Cisco Silicon One™. Our team operates in a startup-like environment within a stable and leading corporation.

Our design center is uniquely equipped, hosting all silicon hardware and software development fields under one roof.

We are revolutionizing the industry by building a new internet for the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that serves as the foundation for all of Cisco's future routing products. Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, catering to both fixed and modular platforms. They deliver high speed without compromising on programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.

Cisco Silicon One ™ is a ground-breaking, groundbreaking technology that will serve our customers and end users for decades to come. The Internet now has a new, faster, better, and safer engine!

Minimum Requirements

• A VLSI Design Engineer with extensive experience in backend design.
• B.Sc./M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.
• Strong understanding of Place & Route flow.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in a relevant domain
  
  

Preferred/Advantageous Qualifications

• Deep understanding of all aspects of Physical construction and Integration.
• Knowledge in Physical Design Verification methodology LVS/DRC.
• Familiarity with physical design EDA tools (such as Synopsys, Cadence, etc.).
• Great teammate, self-learning skills, and ability to work autonomously.
  
  

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.

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.