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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Silicon Operations Quality and Reliability Engineer

Cisco senior full-time

Salary

$167,700 to $245,200 per year

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Description

The Silicon Operations Quality and Reliability team (SiOps) at Cisco plays a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and production readiness of Cisco Silicon One products.

You will drive qualification, reliability, and RMA testing activities for Silicon One ASIC products using ATE platforms and silicon debug methodologies.

Key responsibilities:

  • Partner with Product Test Engineering, DFT, and Design Engineering teams to define ATE test strategies, qualification hardware requirements, and data analytics workflows that improve silicon quality and production readiness.
  • Perform silicon failure analysis and debug system-level failures down to the flop or cell level to identify root causes and support corrective actions.
  • Develop and enhance test coverage by defining new patterns and parametric conditions, correlating ATE behavior to system failures, and transitioning validated solutions into volume manufacturing.
  • Analyze qualification and reliability data to identify trends, improve test effectiveness, and strengthen overall product reliability.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in IC test engineering, SoC/VLSI test bring-up, characterization, and production testing.
  • Experience with Advantest 93000 Smartscale and Exascale for test program development, silicon debug, and characterization.
  • Hands-on experience debugging silicon failures and isolating issues to the flop or cell level.
  • Proficiency in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, and Python.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with IC component qualification and reliability failure modes.
  • Working knowledge of data analysis tools such as JMP, statistical analysis methods, and AI/ML techniques for test data analytics.
  • Hands-on experience analyzing component failures at the system level and performing fault isolation.
  • Knowledge of electrical and physical failure analysis techniques.
  • Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability coverage
  • Basic life insurance
  • Paid time off (vacation, sick time, holidays)
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • IC component qualification
  • reliability failure modes
  • data analysis tools
  • JMP
  • statistical analysis methods
  • AI/ML techniques
  • fault isolation
  • electrical and physical failure analysis techniques

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