IC Package Layout Designer

Meet the Team

Join the Package Design Team at Cisco Silicon One in Israel, a group leading the way in developing Cisco's groundbreaking silicon solutions for next-generation networking. As a collaborative team at the center of Cisco's silicon development, we design and optimize advanced package solutions for some of the industry’s most sophisticated ASICs. You’ll work directly with experts in layout, signal integrity, and power distribution, shaping innovative methodologies and driving the evolution of high-performance networking technologies.

Your Impact

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of networking innovation within the Cisco Silicon One initiative. As a layout engineer, you will drive the entire package design layout process—from planning and optimization to execution—ensuring the delivery of high-speed, robust, and scalable solutions for global networks. You will work closely with engineers, define strategies, and collaborate across multi-functional teams to accelerate the creation of industry-leading packages. You’ll join a passionate community dedicated to changing how the world connects, works, and learns, while building strong partnerships and fostering collective success.

Responsibilities

• Lead package layout design while planning and driving schedules from initial concept through full implementation.
• Optimize package pinouts, stack-ups, power distribution, and high-speed routing, balancing performance and manufacturability
• Collaborate with signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) teams to ensure design quality and efficiency
• Enhance design methodologies and partner with vendors to improve product quality and efficiency
• Drive innovation in package solutions for Cisco’s next-generation ASICs
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with industry-standard EDA layout and design tools, including APD+ and Allegro.
• Experience in PCB or Package layout design, with strong understanding of high-speed signals and power distribution networks (PDN)
• Ability to work with and support multiple staff members at the same time
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field
• Experience in ASIC layout package design (in APD+), including pinout optimization and high-speed routingץ
• Proven ability to lead design improvements and coordinate with stakeholdersץ
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Scripting experience (Python, Perl, TCL, shell programming) is highly valuable
  
  

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.