Meet the Team
The Common Hardware Group (CHG) delivers silicon, optics, and hardware platforms for Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products. We design the networking hardware for Enterprises and Service Providers of various sizes, the Public Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations across the world. Cisco Silicon One (#CiscoSiliconOne) is the only unifying silicon architecture in the market that enables customers to deploy the best-of-breed silicon from Top of Rack (TOR) switches all the way through web scale data centers and across service provider, enterprise networks, and data centers with a fully unified routing and switching portfolio. 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
We are looking for a motivated technical leader to join the CAD/Methodology team. You will own Infrastructure engagement and alignment including the arrangement/QA for Vendor IPs, standard cells and Process Design Kits (PDKs)—from early architecture through tape-out and into post-silicon bring-up and debug.
Success depends as much on clarity and follow-through as on depth in flows and tools. You will be the primary key stakeholder bridging between Cisco projects leads and all supply chain dependencies such as IP/std cells vendors and external foundries.
Responsibilities include keeping schedules, aligning technical requirements, and aligning delivery commitments so IP and PDK land on time, qualified, and usable in Cisco projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Stakeholder leadership and communication — Partner routinely with Program/Project Management, Physical Design, Package / SI, RTL/Design, Design Verification, and CAD/Methodology. Translate priorities across disciplines, surface risks early, and drive decisions.
- External engagement and IP delivery — Work with foundries and IP vendors on roadmaps, releases, and bug fixes.
- Vendor IP and PDK lifecycle — Manage vendor deliverables end-to-end including integration, validation, qualification, versioning, and controlled distribution into the design environment.
- Help define and evolve the installation, QA, and release platform for IPs and PDKs.
- Collaborate with design teams on benchmarking vendors and technology options where trade-offs affect PPA, schedule, or flow risks, support informed choices for programs.
- Foundry collateral quality — Evaluate, integrate, and debug PDKs, technology files, and libraries for flow compatibility and design-rule readiness, feed issues back to vendors with clear technical context.
- Documentation enablement for IP/PDK usage, integration, and best practices.
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years in physical design enablement, CAD, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of ASIC flows, physical design methodologies, and foundry processes.
- Demonstrated strength in communication and program management: able to run multi-party threads, write crisp summaries for executives and engineers, and keep pre-silicon and post-silicon stakeholders aligned.
- Hands-on experience with IP installation, PDK enablement, and technology file management.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, plus collaboration and influencing skills across matrixed internal teams and external suppliers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Scripting (e.g., Python, TCL) for automation; comfortable with process nodes and PDK structures in real programs.
- Hands-on experience with timing models.
- Familiarity with EDA tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens) for physical design and verification.
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.
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
-
Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, mental health support via an EAP, and access to on-site or virtual health centers indicate robust healthcare offerings. Wellness programs, fitness resources, and specialized services further reinforce coverage depth.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, a global minimum for paid parental leave, and unique programs like company-wide recharge days and paid volunteer time expand time-away options. Additional offerings such as Critical Time Off and adoption assistance add flexibility for life events.
-
Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and a discounted employee stock purchase plan are meaningful elements of total compensation. The prominence of equity can materially augment overall pay packages alongside salary and bonuses.
Cisco Insights
Similar Jobs
What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
