The Emulation Engineer, Technical Leader will develop innovative emulation environments to evaluate the performance and functionality of multi-terabit systems at Cisco. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with design, DV, power, and post-silicon diagnostic teams to validate complex ASICs using advanced emulation platforms.
What You'll Do
- Develop innovative emulation environments that will be used to evaluate the performance and functionality of multi-terabit systems.
- Developing emulation infrastructure using C/C++ and TCL.
- Work closely with the design, DV, power, and post-silicon diagnostic teams as a team member.
- Assist with test plan design, test implementation, and debugging during the pre-silicon emulation process.
- Develop tests to generate complex traffic and performance scenarios to catch potential post-Silicon issues during the Pre-Silicon phase.
- Work with leading emulation vendors to solve issues.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in EE (Electrical & Electronics) or CE (Computer Engineering) with 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Prior emulation experience on platforms such as Palladium, Veloce, or Zebu as well as experience with compilation, debug, performance testing.
- Prior experience with RTL development for Emulation prototypes.
- Prior experience with C/C++ and TCL infrastructure development.
- Prior experience with System debug tools like gdb, waveform debuggers.
Nice to Have
- Experience with scripting programs (e.g., Python, Perl or similar).
- Prior experience with UVM and System Verilog.
- Post Silicon functional validation or debugging experience is a plus.
- Experience with protocols e.g. PCie, I2C, Ethernet packet headers, Ethernet protocol is preferred.
Technical Stack
- C/C++
- TCL
- Palladium
- Veloce
- Zebu
- gdb
- waveform debuggers
- Python
- Perl
- UVM
- System Verilog
- PCie
- I2C
- Ethernet
Team & Environment
Part of the Common Hardware Group (CHG), working with Cisco’s switching solution team integrating Nexus systems and ACI with software including OpenStack, Docker, and Open vSwitch.
Benefits & Compensation
- Starting salary range of $183,800.00 to $263,600.00 in U.S. and/or Canada (excluding incentive compensation, equity, or benefits).
- Full salary ranges vary by location: $183,800.00 - $303,100.00 in the New York City metro area; $163,600.00 - $269,800.00 in non-metro areas of NY and WA.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for U.S. employees.
- 401(k) with company matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Eligibility for restricted stock unit (RSU) awards that vest over time.
- 10 paid holidays per calendar year.
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
- 1 paid birthday day off.
- Paid year-end closure.
- 4 paid personal wellness days determined by Cisco.
- 16 days of paid vacation per calendar year for non-exempt employees (accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time).
- Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible leave program with no defined limit (subject to availability and business restrictions).
- 80 hours of paid time off granted at hire and each January, with up to 80 hours of unused time carried over annually.
- Additional paid leave available for serious or urgent family matters.
- 10 paid volunteer days per calendar year.
- Annual bonuses for non-sales roles (subject to Cisco policies).
- For sales roles: performance-based incentive pay with quota-based and non-quota components.
- Quota-based incentive payout structure: 0.75% of target incentive per 1% achievement up to 50% of quota; 1.5% per 1% between 50–75%; 1% per 1% between 75–100%; ≥1% per 1% above 100% with no cap.
- Non-quota sales performance incentives can pay between 0% and 125% of target.
- No minimum performance threshold for sales incentive payouts.
Work Mode
No remote option; requires working from the Milpitas/San Jose office.
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