FPGA Design Engineer - Cisco Silicon One

About the role

Cisco Silicon One builds hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco's Switching, Routing and Wireless products. This FPGA Design Engineer takes technical ownership of FPGA design for complex systems supporting next-generation networking devices and AI infrastructure, from architecture through implementation, validation and production.

Key responsibilities

• Define FPGA specifications, develop and implement RTL designs, and work with Hardware, ASIC, Software and System engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Design and integrate high-speed interfaces and communication protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet and SerDes.
• Conduct FPGA bring-up, characterization, debugging and validation in a lab environment.
• Identify and resolve complex functional, timing and integration issues using simulation, debugging tools and hardware measurements.

Required profile

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of experience as an FPGA design engineer delivering complex FPGA-based projects.

Required skills

• RTL design using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• Preferred: FPGA architecture, implementation, synthesis, place-and-route and timing closure.
• Preferred: digital design principles including clock domain crossing (CDC), timing constraints, synchronization and reset methodologies.
• Preferred: FPGA simulation, functional verification and debugging with industry-standard EDA tools.
• Preferred: integrating FPGA IP cores, memory interfaces and communication protocols.