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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

DFT CAD Infrastructure Engineer

Cisco San Jose, California senior full-time

Salary

$155,000 to $222,600 per year

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Description

The Silicon One team at Cisco is looking for a DFT CAD Infrastructure Engineer to create innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era. You will develop, maintain, and enhance DFT CAD infrastructure and automation, support DFT implementation flows, and collaborate with various teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, maintain, and enhance DFT CAD infrastructure and automation
  • Support DFT implementation flows like Scan insertion, ATPG generation, SPF generation, pattern simulation, etc.
  • Develop utilities and automation using Python, Perl, Tcl, and Shell scripting
  • Debug DFT flow failures and work with design teams to resolve issues
  • Create and maintain regression frameworks and dashboards
  • Improve flow robustness, runtime, and scalability
  • Support large-scale regressions on compute farms using LSF or equivalent job schedulers
  • Develop documentation, FAQs, and onboarding material for internal users
  • Support releases, tool qualification, and regression signoff
  • Collaborate with DFT Design, ATPG, Verification, Physical Design, and CAD teams

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer engineering and 5+ years of ASIC Design experience
  • Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and 3+ years of experience
  • PhD + 0 years of experience
  • Experience with Verilog/SystemVerilog programming
  • Experience with interactive and waveform debugging
  • Experience with industry-standard DFT/EDA tools
  • Scripting experience in Python, Perl, TCL, or shell programming

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Synopsys Design Constraints (SDC)

The starting salary range for this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations is $155,000.00 to $222,600.00, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Synopsys Design Constraints (SDC)

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