Electrical Post-Silicon Characterization & Validation Engineer

Meet the Team:

The Cisco Silicon One Post-Silicon Electrical Validation (EPSV) team in Caesarea works on the fastest, most power-hungry networking chips in the industry. We are the hardware experts who take the raw silicon and prove it actually works in the real world. We don't just run scripts from a desk—we get our hands dirty in the lab physically probing boards and testing the limits of the hardware. Love sophisticated hardware puzzles? Want your work to directly impact mass production? This is the team to be in.

Your Impact:

Lead hands-on lab debugging to fix complex silicon performance, characterization, and yield issues. Use bench findings and board-probing data to give feedback directly to the architecture and design teams. Lead ASIC bring-up on validation boards, focusing heavily on SerDes, high-speed interfaces, and power/clock domains. Run characterization across PVT (Process, Voltage, Temperature) conditions and analyse large datasets to resolve performance bottlenecks and improve chip yield. Write and optimize clean Python code to automate lab equipment and test internal chip logic. Serve as the technical lead for complex hardware debug, defining validation methodologies, and advanced lab measurement techniques for the team.

Why Join Us:

Be part of a team working on the most advanced silicon products in the market! Are you an engineer who prefers physical testing and measuring boards in the lab over just running validation scripts on a computer?, This is the place for you!. We value pure hardware talent and provide ample opportunities for professional advancement.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience in post-silicon validation, characterization, or hardware testing.
• Experience testing and measuring boards using scopes, VNAs, TDRs, and phase noise analysers.
• Experienced in bringing up ASICs on EVBs, specifically with SerDes and DC/DC channels.
• Ability to write automated scripts for hardware testing and data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• System-level Debugging- trace bugs across the silicon, package, and PCB.
• Good understanding of signal and power integrity (jitter, supply noise).
• Experience using validation data to fix performance bottlenecks and improve production flow.
• Track record of working smoothly with global teams from architecture through to physical design and DFT.
• Strong technical ownership, independent problem-solving, and direct, data-driven communication.

Learn More:

👉From Our Blog: https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/more-scale-more-intelligence-and-more-control-new-cisco-solutions-for-accelerating-ai-networking
👉G300 Chip: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/silicon-one/g300-wp.html

Why Cisco? 

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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