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Join Cisco's Post-Silicon Validation Team, where a startup culture meets the resources of a leading networking company. Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to validate ASICs and shape the future of networking technology. This role offers hands-on experience with high-speed devices and a commitment to excellence in transformative technology.

Responsibilities:

• Execute post-silicon validation tests on networking ASICs.
• Assist with silicon bring-up and feature validation in lab environments.
• Run functional, performance, and stress tests.
• Collect and analyze test results, logs, and failure data.
• Develop and maintain validation tests and scripts in C/C++ and Python.
• Modify existing diagnostics and test frameworks to add new coverage.
• Automate test execution, result collection, and reporting.
• Support regression testing and continuous validation environments.
• Assist in debugging hardware and software issues using standard tools.
• Analyze packet traces, logs, and counters to help identify issues.
• Reproduce failures and provide clear data to senior engineers.
• Learn to distinguish between silicon, firmware, and software defects.
• Validate basic networking functionality such as connectivity, packet forwarding, and traffic handling.
• Assist with testing of MAC/PHY, SerDes and other high-speed interfaces.
• Learn data plane and control plane concepts through hands-on testing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience (internship or academic project experience acceptable).
• Programming experience in C or C++.
• Fundamental scripting experience in Python or similar languages.
• Fundamental understanding of computer architecture and embedded systems.
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts (Ethernet, TCP/IP fundamentals).

Skills:

• Academic or internship experience with hardware validation, embedded software, or networking.
• Exposure to Linux, device drivers, or embedded OS environments.
• Familiarity with lab equipment or debug tools (JTAG, logic analyzers, packet analyzers).
• Debug experience with DDR5, USB3.0, SGMII, PCIe Gen3, USB2.0, eMMC, SPI, MDIO, I2C, UART.