[Remote] ASIC Packaging Signal Integrity Hardware Engineering Technical Lead (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cisco is a leading company in building complex and high-performance Silicon ASICs. They are seeking a Signal and Power Integrity Technical Lead to develop next-generation ASIC packaging, ensuring power, performance, and area goals are met while collaborating across teams to resolve technical issues.

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/or power integrity experience, or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and 6+ years of relevant signal and/or power integrity experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of relevant signal and/or power integrity experience
• Proven experience with multiple high-speed ASIC tape-outs from a package perspective
• Deep expertise in 56G PAM4 and above, high-speed SerDes architectures, channel modeling, BER prediction, transmission line theory, and electromagnetics with a solid understanding of scattering and impedance network parameters
• Extensive hands-on experience with Keysight ADS, Ansys HFSS/EM flow, and Cadence APD for layout review
• Working knowledge of SPICE
• Prior experience leading small to medium technical teams
• Skilled in articulating ideas and technical concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing
• Experience with advanced nodes (5nm, 3nm and below)
• Background in 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
• Experience with MATLAB or Python scripting
• Experience with Raptor-X
• Working knowledge of Vector Network Analysis
• Basic knowledge of IBIS

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.

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