ASIC Hardware Test Engineer - Hybrid

Cisco • San Jose, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Test Engineer in Silicon Operations, you’ll join forces with expert ASIC design teams in the Central Hardware Group, passionate Test Engineers within Silicon Operations, and Cisco’s dynamic NPI teams. Together, you’ll partner with world-class manufacturing partners, triaging issues and orchestrating seamless OSAT production test activities. This collaborative environment offers opportunities to learn, grow, and make your mark on the future of silicon technology at Cisco.
Your Impact

As a Test Engineer in Silicon Operations, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing Cisco’s cutting-edge ASIC technology. You’ll lead the ATE test bring-up process, working alongside talented teams to develop, refine, and release test programs for production. Your expertise will drive pattern generation, troubleshooting, and test coverage optimization, ensuring exceptional quality for high-volume manufacturing. You’ll design and implement innovative tests, proactively identifying and closing coverage gaps. Collaborating with Tier-1 OSATs, you’ll manage manufacturing test operations and tackle quality challenges, making a measurable impact on Cisco’s products and customer experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years’ experience in SOC/VLSI/ bring-up, production, characterization, and test engineering.
• Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93000 tester (Smartest 7 and 8) for characterization and production testing.
• Highly skilled in writing code in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, PERL, and Python.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art trends in DFT insertion techniques, including Scan, ATPG, JTAG, MBIST, PVT and SerDes.
• Experience with yield improvement and test time reduction activities.
• Strong teamwork & collaboration skills. Excellent problem solving & effective conflict resolution skills.
• An effective multi-functional communicator with strong interpersonal skills and multi-functional leadership to get results and change across organizations up to the executive level.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment. High level of motivation and energy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ATE test bring-up process
• Develop, refine, and release test programs for production
• Drive pattern generation, troubleshooting, and test coverage optimization
• Design and implement innovative tests
• Manage manufacturing test operations and tackle quality challenges

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level