ASIC Physical Design Technical Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc.
United States, California, San Jose
170 W Tasman Dr (Show on map)
Jun 11, 2025
The application window is expected to close on: 06/20/25 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Meet the Team The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers the silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. 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. Your Impact You'll be joining our Physical Design team at Cisco Silicon One group, which is responsible for the entire development process of RTL to GDS, leading development of high quality VLSI designs. Responsibilities include: Fullchip Floorplan and Partition/Pin assignment. Fullchip Clock Planning (Experience with both H-Tree and Clock Mesh architectures). Interface with Fullchip STA team on timing constraints. Power Planning and Robust Power Grid planning for lower technology nodes. Fullchip Physical Verification. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent similar experience. 10+ years of experience in Physical Design. Experience working on Fullchip activities. Experience with RTL2GDSII flow and design tapeouts in 7nnm/5nm/3nm or below process technologies. Experience working with EDA tools like Innovus, Tempus/Primetime, Redhawk/Voltus or Calibre. Preferred Qualifications Exposure to static timing analysis and concepts, defining timing constraints and exceptions, corners/voltage definitions. Experience in Full-chip floor-planning and power grid planning. Experience with custom clock (H-Tree or Mesh) at chip level Experience with Python, TCL, Perl programming. Leadership/Mentorship experience. 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.