Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a global leader in technology innovation, and they are seeking a Senior Signal and Power Integrity Hardware Simulation Engineer Lead to drive the development of next-generation ASIC packaging. The role involves collaborating with engineers to analyze and enhance signal and power integrity for complex ASIC designs.
Responsibilities
- Develop, document, and implement design rules for ultra-high-speed signaling, ensuring power, performance, and area goals are met for products
- Analyze substrate signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI), providing feedback and collaborating with the layout team to develop optimal solutions across interposer, substrate, and PCB
- Design, document, and develop ASIC packages for high-volume, high-quality release, including post-layout extraction and reporting
- Collaborate with system partners, vendors, and design leads to achieve combined power and signal integrity and to resolve complex technical issues using advanced technology design rules
- Define the processes, methods, and tools for the design and implementation of complex ASIC/package developments
- Lead or participate in chip architecture discussions and the definition, architecture, and design of high-performance ASICs, including reviews of intricate IC and analog/mixed-signal circuit designs
- Mentor and support the signal integrity team, junior engineers, and influence packaging/hardware teams, ensuring all technical specifications and innovative solutions are met
- Develop and promote a culture of design reviews, postmortems, and continuous improvement across multi-disciplined engineering teams
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 8+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of relevant signal and power integrity experience
- High-Speed Design & Theory: Expertise in high-speed design principles, including Transmission Line Theory, electromagnetics, scattering parameters, and impedance network analysis, applied to 56G PAM4 SerDes architectures, channel modeling, and BER prediction
- SI/PI Simulation Proficiency: Experience with pre- and post-layout signal and power integrity (SI/PI) simulations using industry-standard EDA tools such as Cadence Sigrity, Ansys HFSS, and Keysight ADS
- Layout Review & Physical Validation: Experience conducting detailed layout reviews and physical design validation using tools such as Cadence APD and Ansys EM flows to ensure signal performance and crosstalk mitigation
- Circuit Analysis: Working knowledge of SPICE for circuit-level analysis, signal modeling, and performance validation
- Skilled in articulating ideas and technical concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing
- Experience with high-bandwidth memory (HBM) or high-speed memory interface SI
- Experience with die-to-die interfaces (UCIe or proprietary)
- Experience with advanced packaging (CoWoS, EMIB, interposer-based designs), including SI/PI analysis of 2.5D ASIC packaging
- Working knowledge of Vector Network Analysis
- Basic knowledge of IBIS
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time
- 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
- Annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies
- Performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary for employees on sales plans
- Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements
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