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Meet The Team Welcome to the Post-Silicon Validation Team at Cisco! Our group offers a unique combination of startup culture with the benefits of working for the world's leading networking company. You will engage in dynamic collaboration with verification engineers, designers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure successful verification of the ASIC throughout its lifecycle.
Operating at the forefront of technology, we work with cutting‑edge, high‑speed, and power‑hungry devices. Our small, highly influential team thrives in this challenging environment, leveraging our expertise to impact the future of networking technology.
Your Impact We are seeking a Post‑Silicon Validation Engineer with an interest in software‑oriented hardware validation, to support the electrical characterization of networking silicon in lab environments. In this role, you will contribute to executing validation plans, developing test procedures, and assisting with debug activities for networking ASICs. This position offers hands‑on exposure to networking technologies and hardware‑software cross‑functional debug.
Key Responsibilities
Execute post‑silicon validation tests on networking ASICs
Assist with silicon bring‑up and feature validation in lab environments
Run functional, performance, and stress tests
Collect and analyze test results, logs, and failure data
Develop and maintain validation tests and scripts in C/C++ and Python
Modify existing diagnostics and test frameworks to add new coverage
Automate test execution, result collection, and reporting
Support regression testing and continuous validation environments
Assist in debugging hardware and software issues using standard tools
Analyze packet traces, logs, and counters to help identify issues
Reproduce failures and provide clear data to senior engineers
Learn to distinguish between silicon, firmware, and software defects
Validate basic networking functionality such as connectivity, packet forwarding, and traffic handling
Assist with testing of MAC/PHY, SerDes and other high‑speed interfaces
Learn data plane and control plane concepts through hands‑on testing
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Minimum 3 years of experience (internship or academic project experience acceptable)
Programming experience in C or C++
Fundamental scripting experience in Python or similar languages
Fundamental understanding of computer architecture and embedded systems
Basic knowledge of networking concepts (Ethernet, TCP/IP fundamentals)
Preferred Qualifications
Academic or internship experience with hardware validation, embedded software, or networking
Exposure to Linux, device drivers, or embedded OS environments
Familiarity with lab equipment or debug tools (JTAG, logic analyzers, packet analyzers)
Debug experience with: DDR5, USB3.0, SGMII, PCIe Gen3, USB2.0, eMMC, SPI, MDIO, I2C, UART
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.
Salary & Benefits The starting salary range posted for this position is $135,800.00 to $193,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location, market conditions, and job‑related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
U.S. employees are offered benefits subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. Other benefits include paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and optional volunteer days.
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SW Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
role at
Cisco .
Meet The Team Welcome to the Post-Silicon Validation Team at Cisco! Our group offers a unique combination of startup culture with the benefits of working for the world's leading networking company. You will engage in dynamic collaboration with verification engineers, designers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure successful verification of the ASIC throughout its lifecycle.
Operating at the forefront of technology, we work with cutting‑edge, high‑speed, and power‑hungry devices. Our small, highly influential team thrives in this challenging environment, leveraging our expertise to impact the future of networking technology.
Your Impact We are seeking a Post‑Silicon Validation Engineer with an interest in software‑oriented hardware validation, to support the electrical characterization of networking silicon in lab environments. In this role, you will contribute to executing validation plans, developing test procedures, and assisting with debug activities for networking ASICs. This position offers hands‑on exposure to networking technologies and hardware‑software cross‑functional debug.
Key Responsibilities
Execute post‑silicon validation tests on networking ASICs
Assist with silicon bring‑up and feature validation in lab environments
Run functional, performance, and stress tests
Collect and analyze test results, logs, and failure data
Develop and maintain validation tests and scripts in C/C++ and Python
Modify existing diagnostics and test frameworks to add new coverage
Automate test execution, result collection, and reporting
Support regression testing and continuous validation environments
Assist in debugging hardware and software issues using standard tools
Analyze packet traces, logs, and counters to help identify issues
Reproduce failures and provide clear data to senior engineers
Learn to distinguish between silicon, firmware, and software defects
Validate basic networking functionality such as connectivity, packet forwarding, and traffic handling
Assist with testing of MAC/PHY, SerDes and other high‑speed interfaces
Learn data plane and control plane concepts through hands‑on testing
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Minimum 3 years of experience (internship or academic project experience acceptable)
Programming experience in C or C++
Fundamental scripting experience in Python or similar languages
Fundamental understanding of computer architecture and embedded systems
Basic knowledge of networking concepts (Ethernet, TCP/IP fundamentals)
Preferred Qualifications
Academic or internship experience with hardware validation, embedded software, or networking
Exposure to Linux, device drivers, or embedded OS environments
Familiarity with lab equipment or debug tools (JTAG, logic analyzers, packet analyzers)
Debug experience with: DDR5, USB3.0, SGMII, PCIe Gen3, USB2.0, eMMC, SPI, MDIO, I2C, UART
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.
Salary & Benefits The starting salary range posted for this position is $135,800.00 to $193,400.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate’s hiring location, market conditions, and job‑related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.
U.S. employees are offered benefits subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. Other benefits include paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and optional volunteer days.
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