Cisco
ASIC Packaging Signal/Power Integrity Hardware Engineer (Hybrid)
$138K–$256K
San Jose, California, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years with a bachelor’s degree, 2+ years with a master’s degree, or 0+ years with a PhD; equivalent related work experience is also accepted.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent related work experience.
About the job
Develops and verifies ASIC packages by analyzing signal and power integrity and collaborating with layout teams, vendors, and system partners.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement design rules for ultra-high-speed signaling while meeting power, performance, and area goals.
- Analyze substrate signal and power integrity and collaborate on solutions across interposer, substrate, and PCB.
- Design and document ASIC packages for high-volume release, including post-layout extraction and reporting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and 4+ years of relevant SI/PI experience, or master’s degree and 2+ years, or PhD and 0+ years, or equivalent related work experience.
- High-speed design experience involving transmission line theory, electromagnetics, scattering parameters, impedance analysis, and 56G PAM4 SerDes.
- Pre- and post-layout SI/PI simulation experience using industry-standard EDA tools.
- Layout review and physical validation experience, plus SPICE circuit analysis experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with HBM or high-speed memory interface SI; die-to-die interfaces (UCIe or proprietary); or advanced packaging such as CoWoS, EMIB, and interposer-based designs.
- Experience with Vector Network Analysis or IBIS; ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Pay
$155,000.00 to $222,600.00 USD base salary; $155,000.00 - $256,000.00 USD base salary; $138,100.00 - $227,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
Cadence Sigrity, Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS, Cadence APD, Ansys EM flows, SPICE, 56G PAM4 SerDes
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