# Senior ASIC Engineer - Post Silicon Validation at Cisco

- Company: Cisco
- What the company does: Cisco is a worldwide technology leader powering an inclusive future for all. Learn more about our products, services, solutions, and innovations. Backed by Sequoia and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.cisco.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Jose, California, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://cisco.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Cisco_Careers/job/San-Jose-California-US/Senior-ASIC-Engineer---Post-Silicon-Validation_2020831-1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cisco-senior-asic-engineer-post-silicon-validation/

## About the role

In this role as a Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, you will be responsible for: Planning and setting up Silicon Bring-up infrastructure, including system boot, initialization, and Power-On of ASICs.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 7+ years experience, a Master's degree with 4+ years of experience, or a PhD with 1+ years of experience
- Prior experience in post-silicon validation, bring-up, and debug with ASICs
- Prior experience in early silicon bring-up, debug, and validation
- Prior experience bringing up standard peripheral interfaces (I2C, SPI, JTAG) and protocols (PCIe, Ethernet)
- Prior experience working with firmware, bootloaders, and low-level silicon debug environments, fluency in C, Python, and scripting for validation automation
- Experience with memory subsystems (HBM, DDR)