Senior Modeling Software Engineer

Meet the Team

Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing a unified silicon architecture for web-scale, service provider, and enterprise networks. Cisco's silicon team provides an outstanding, unique experience for Software and ASIC engineers by combining the resources offered by a sizable multi-geography silicon organization and a large campus (with an on-site gym, healthcare, café, social interest groups, and philanthropy) with the startup culture and breadth of growth opportunities that working in a smaller ASIC team can provide.

Your Impact

As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for developing a state-of-the-art functional simulator for the Cisco SiliconOne family of devices. This simulator is a critical product that streamlines the development process and significantly reduces time-to-market.

In this role, you will:

Design, implement, and validate components of the behavioral model for SiliconOne devices
Collaborate with ASIC Architecture, Software, and Hardware teams to ensure alignment and seamless integration
Apply engineering best practices for code quality, performance, testing, and documentation
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
Contribute to defining best practices and methodologies for model development, validation, and integration
Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree, and 8+ years of related experience, or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree, and 5+ years of related experience
5 Years or more of hands-on Software and/or ASIC development
Demonstrated programming experience with C or C++, or System Verilog or Design Verification
Consistently achieved positive collaboration and effective communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience designing and implementing ASIC functional simulators
Prior experience in Data Networks
Possess both Software development and ASIC development experience
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.