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About the Role

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. You will help shape Cisco’s groundbreaking solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most advanced ASICs in the industry.

Responsibilities

• RTL-to-GDSII implementation, including synthesis, hierarchical floorplanning, place and route, static timing analysis, power integrity, and equivalence checks with a focus on performance and die size optimization.
• Analyze existing tool flows and methodologies, identifying efficiency gaps and implementing incremental or transformative enhancements.
• Work closely with RTL, DFT, implementation, EDA vendors, and tool/flow teams to enable best-in-class design methodology.
• Guide clock tree synthesis (CTS) strategies and provide actionable feedback to the implementation teams.
• Execute STA setup, convergence methodologies, and sign-off processes across multi-mode, multi-corner scenarios.
• Complete Timing ECO implementation using Tweaker/Primetime-based flows and contribute to automation for STA methodology.
• Evaluate multiple timing methodologies/tools across different technologies and design types.

Requirements

• Master's degree or Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering with work experience in Physical Design.
• Experience with RTL design and logic blocks.
• Experience working with EDA tools like Innovus, Tempus/Primetime, Redhawk/Voltus or Calibre.

Skills

• Hierarchical design
• Timing closure
• Physical convergence
• Power integrity analysis
• Static timing analysis
• Defining timing constraints and exceptions
• Corners/voltage definitions
• Python
• TCL
• Perl programming

Location

• U.S.
• Canada
• New York City Metro Area
• Non-Metro New York state
• Washington state

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Physical Design
• RTL design
• Logic blocks
• EDA tools
• Hierarchical design
• Timing closure
• Physical convergence
• Power integrity analysis
• Static timing analysis
• Timing constraints
• Exceptions
• Corners/voltage definitions
• Python
• TCL
• Perl programming

Education Level

• Master's degree
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering

Salary/Compensations

• $123,600.00 - $174,000.00 (U.S. and/or Canada)
• $123,600.00 - $200,100.00 (New York City Metro Area)
• $109,900.00 - $181,600.00 (Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short-term disability coverage
• Long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
• Paid year-end holiday shutdown
• 4 paid days off for personal wellness
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt employees)
• Flexible vacation time off program (exempt employees)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
• Additional paid time away for critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
• Performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)
• Cisco restricted stock units

About the Company

• 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.