senior software engineering Hardware Engineer ic 5+ yrs Bachelor's · Posted May 6, 2026

About this role

Cisco is hiring a senior-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Caesarea, Israel. The posting calls out experience with Backend Development and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Role
Hardware Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Caesarea, Israel
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Department
Product and Engineering
Posted
May 6, 2026
AI Summary
Lead CAD methodology and physical design tool development for Cisco Silicon One ASIC chips from RTL to GDS. Drive backend design flows including place & route, timing closure, and design optimization. Requires 5+ years backend VLSI design experience with strong Place & Route expertise.

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Job description

from Cisco careers

Silicon One is seeking a CAD Engineer to join the Cisco Silicon One Physical Design team.


Meet the Team

You'll be part of the Cisco Silicon One team, which is at the heart of Cisco’s software and ASIC design efforts.

As part of our team, you’ll contribute to the development of our next-generation network devices—Cisco Silicon One™. Our team operates in a startup-like environment within a stable and leading corporation.

Our design center is uniquely equipped, hosting all silicon hardware and software development fields under one roof.

We are revolutionizing the industry by building a new internet for the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that serves as the foundation for all of Cisco's future routing products. Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, catering to both fixed and modular platforms. They deliver high speed without compromising on programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.

Cisco Silicon One is a ground-breaking, groundbreaking technology that will serve our customers and end users for decades to come. The Internet now has a new, faster, better, and safer engine!

Your Impact

You'll be joining our Physical Design team within Cisco Silicon One, which is responsible for the entire backend methodology and flow development from RTL to GDS. This is a critical part of the group leading the development of high-quality VLSI designs.

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