Memory CAD Engineer at Cisco

Who You’ll Work With

Join the Cisco Silicon One team in developing essential building blocks for web-scale and service provider networks. Our SRAM / TCAM design team unites a circuit architect, circuit designer, CAD engineer, and manager, each bringing specialized expertise to create advanced memory solutions. We focus on technical excellence, streamlined processes, and open collaboration to deliver robust SRAM / TCAM designs and meet ambitious project goals. Committed to innovation and teamwork, we tackle complex challenges and drive the future of memory technology together.

What You’ll Do

IP Modeling Automation: Develop and maintain automation flows for generating and validating various IP models (e.g., Behavioral/Liberty/Redhawk...)

Tcl Scripting: Utilize Tcl for integration with EDA tools to build flow for IP characterization, qualification, and behavioral verification.

Assist RD in integrating macro GDS and Netlists, troubleshooting and resolving EDA-related issues during IP development

Who You Are

• Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience with MS/BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.

• Tcl & Shell Mastery: Tcl scripting skills for complex string parsing and EDA tool API manipulation; proficient in Linux Shell environments.

• Experience in Verilog, specifically in behavioral modeling

• Environment Management: Build efficient IP delivery and regression environments under Linux

• Strong documentation and communication skills in Chinese and English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with memory IP CAD flow development
• Experience in EDA tool (e.g. Custom Sim/StarRC/ICV/Virtuoso/Totem)
• Python/Perl scripting skills is a plus

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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.

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.