San Jose, California, United States
Hybrid
This a hybrid role is based in our San Jose office.
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.
You will be a Product Test Engineer in Silicon Operations focusing on leading the design, development, and testing of Cisco's cutting-edge Silicon One ASICs. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality ASICs that meet customer needs. You will work with Tier-1 OSATs to manage high volume manufacturing test and quality issues. Your role will also be to drive component failure analysis, containments, and root cause corrective actions.
You will collaborate with ASIC design teams in the Central Hardware Group, peer Test/Product Engineers in Silicon Operations and with Cisco Systems NPI teams. You will also work with Cisco’s manufacturing partners to triage any failures and manage the OSAT production test activities.
Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
9+ years’ experience in SOC/VLSI/ bring-up, characterization, qualification and product engineering.
Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93000 tester (Smartest 7 and 8) for characterization and production testing.
Experience with logic or SRAM and Voltage/Frequency characterization
Proficient in statistical data analysis using JMP software or other tools
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.
Ability to drive teamwork and leadership across many parts of Cisco's technical entities to provide bleeding-edge solutions for Cisco's ASIC and system test strategies.
Strong teamwork & collaboration skills. Excellent problem solving & effective conflict resolution skills.
An effective multi-functional communicator with strong interpersonal skills and has 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.
SiOps
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Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
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.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:
.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.
For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$171,600.00 - $281,800.00Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$151,300.00 - $250,900.00* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.
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