The application window is expected to close on 6/29/2025

This is an onsite role and will require working out of the Milpitas/San Jose office location

Who We Are 

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco's ground-breaking solutions by designing, developing and testing some of the most complex ASICs being developed in the industry.

 Who You'll Work With

Come join us and take part in shaping Cisco’s revolutionary solutions for data centers by designing some of the most complex chips being developed in the industry with the opportunity to get full exposure to all aspects of the systems and applications we build (Silicon, Hardware, Software, telemetry, security, etc). Our group offers a unique combination of a startup culture with the benefits of working for the leading networking company in the world

 What You'll Do

Would be working to validate system architecture and design implementation micro-architecture to make sure final products would meet performance expectations. Gather information from underlying system specifications and asking detailed probing questions as needed to construct fairly accurate and efficient models. Partition overall systems to be modelled into lower level blocks while keeping modularity, re-use and test requirements in mind. Construct OMNeT++ models for underlying blocks that will stitch together to form overall target system to be validated. Define and execute test plans to validate system performance goals. Compile test results, summarize important findings, rationalize any unexpected observations, offer insights on how to improve performance etc.

 Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 8+ years of hands-on experience with ASIC micro-architecture or modelingPrior experience with C++ programming and debugging complex programs.Prior experience with network switch fabric concepts, queuing, scheduling, buffer management, congestion handling etc.Prior experience with cross-functional teams, and possess the drive to learn and growPrior experience building test benches from scratch, hands on experience with System Verilog constraints, structures and classes. 

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with modeling systems and network switches, particularly with OMNeT++ would be a plus. Domain experience on one or more protocols – PCIe, Ethernet, RDMA, TCP

 

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. Simply put – we power the future.  

 

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.