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# ASIC Core DFT Technical Lead

- **Company:** Cisco Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Maynard, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $186,900.0 - $267,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Code Reuse, Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Perl (Programming Language), Formal Verification, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), System Testing, SystemVerilog, Tcl (Programming Language), Verilog, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Physical Design, Cisco
- **Published:** September 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3401607594&tx=YT1111TTV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelors + 8 years of related experience, or Masters + 6 years of related experience, or PhD + 3 years of related experience
 * Prior experience with Jtag protocols, Scan and BIST architectures, including memory BIST, boundary scan and post silicon debug.
 * Prior experience with ATPG and EDA tools like TestMax, Tetramax, Tessent tool sets, PrimeTime
 * Prior verification experience including, System Verilog Logic Equivalency checking and validating the Test-timing of the design
 * Prior experience with Tcl and Python/Perl.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Verilog design experience - developing custom DFT logic & IP integration; familiarity with functional verification
 * DFT CAD development - Test Architecture, Methodology and Infrastructure

## Description

As an ASIC Core DFT Technical Lead, you will drive the definition, architecture, and implementation of cutting-edge Design-for-Test strategies across Cisco's groundbreaking Silicon One portfolio. You will lead cross-functional integration from early-stage design through post-silicon validation, establishing scalable test logic, reusable code, and robust verification methodologies. Bridging physical design, DV, and system validation teams, you'll oversee complex functional areas and shape end-to-end electrical specifications for industry-defining hardware. In this high-visibility leadership role, your innovations will directly enhance design quality, yield, and time-to-market for some of the most advanced networking silicon on the planet.


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