ASIC Design Engineering Technical Leader
Cisco · Caesarea, Israel · Product and Engineering
About this role
Cisco is hiring a staff-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Caesarea, Israel. The posting calls out experience with Frontend Development and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a master's degree or equivalent.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Caesarea, Israel
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
- Department
- Product and Engineering
- Posted
- Feb 23, 2026
Job description
from Cisco careersJoin the Cisco Silicon One Front-End Design team, at the core of Cisco’s silicon development. Our engineers cover the full spectrum of chip design: definition, architecture, micro-architecture, RTL design, verification, signoff, and validation.
We leverage cutting-edge silicon technologies and methodologies to develop the largest-scale and most advanced devices, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Cisco Silicon One™ is transforming the industry with a unified, programmable architecture powering Cisco’s future routing portfolio and shaping the Internet for decades to come.
Your Impact
Write and review micro-architecture specifications
Implement RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog) to meet timing, performance, and power requirements
Contribute to full chip integration, timing methodology, and analysis
Collaborate with verification engineers to resolve bugs and achieve coverage closure
Work with the physical design team to close timing and PnR issues
Support design methodology evolution and best practices
Perform debug, root-cause analysis, and post-silicon validation in the lab
Minimum Qualifications
B.Sc./M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from a top university
Minimum of 8 years of proven experience in a relevant field
RTL design experience
Familiarity with UVM and functional verification methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with MATLAB simulations and bit-exact modeling environments
Familiarity with mixed-signal systems and environments
Knowledge and hands-on experience with Clock Domain Crossing (CDC)
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
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