Cisco
ASIC Engineer
$149K–$282K
San Jose, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Drives qualification, reliability, and RMA testing for Cisco Silicon One ASICs, debugging failures and improving test coverage and production readiness.
What you'll do
- Lead ASIC qualification, reliability, and RMA testing using ATE platforms and silicon-debug methods.
- Debug silicon failures to the flop or cell level, identify root causes, and support corrective actions.
- Develop test patterns and analytics workflows, analyze reliability data, and transition validated solutions into volume manufacturing.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in IC test engineering, SoC/VLSI test bring-up, characterization, and production testing.
- Experience with Advantest 93000 Smartscale and Exascale for test program development, silicon debug, and characterization.
- Hands-on silicon failure debugging to flop or cell level; proficiency in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, and Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with IC component qualification and reliability failure modes.
- Knowledge of JMP, statistical analysis, AI/ML techniques for test data analytics, or electrical and physical failure analysis.
Pay
$167,700.00 to $245,200.00 USD base salary; $167,700.00 - $282,000.00 USD base salary; $149,100.00 - $250,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
Advantest 93000 Smartscale, Exascale, C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, Python, JMP
AI focus
Preferred experience includes AI/ML techniques for test data analytics.
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