Find Jobs

Acacia Communications designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G and 1T bit speed fiber optic transmission market deployed in data center, metro, long-haul and ultra-long haul telecommunication networks.

You will be a key member of Acacia's Physical Design team working on next generation 100G-1T coherent optical communications products. The senior physical design engineer will be focused on delivering highly-complex ASICs in advanced technology nodes that are used in these next-generation telecom systems.

The role involves detailed physical guidance of floorplanning, placement and routing to produce high quality design, including the responsibility of delivering tape-out quality across all the analysis checks, in a highly team focused environment.

You will collaborate with Acacia's ASIC and Hardware teams in the engineering organization to deliver tape-out quality physical designs.

You will work closely with RTL designers to debug and root-cause physical implementation issues related to design, tools, etc. and arrive at a feasible solution through the augmentation of input and design collateral.

You will work with the ASIC physical design team to enhance and continuously improve the physical design implementation flow.

Acacia takes pride in providing and fostering a collaborate environment in order ensure success and personal growth.

You are enthusiastic about delivering high quality physical designs under tight tape-out schedules. You are detail oriented, high energy and the drive to get things done. You love to solve difficult problems and derive tremendous satisfaction in helping others while contributing to the overall success of the project.

You are capable to deliver on your own, but you also participate in our friendly and team-oriented collaboration approach, which means you enjoy learning from your colleagues and letting them learn from you.

Your great personal and communication skills allow effortless collaboration within and across teams and to steer the development in a positive direction. Your ability to articulate and clearly communicate in our hybrid work environment is paramount.

• BSEE, or equivalent, with 7+ years of experience in ASIC development or MSEE, or equivalent, with 4+ years of experience in ASIC development
• At least 7 years of professional engineering experience, including experience in advanced technology nodes: 28nm, 16nm and below
• 5+ years of experience with industry standard CAD methodologies from Cadence, Synopsys and/or Mentor
• 5+ years of experience with floor planning & partitioning, synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis (STA), formal equivalence check, Clock Tree Synthesis, timing closure, signal integrity, physical verification DRC/LVS
• 5+ years of scripting experience with Perl and TCL or equivalent
• Execution of ASICs from product definition to production release

• Experience with power analysis, electromigration, IR signoff, process corner decisions, power grid analysis.
• Ability to manage stakeholders across analog and digital teams while interfacing with EDA vendors on issues/features/enhancements.
• Solid analytical, communication and presentation skills
• Self-motivated and the ability to drive without supervision.

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair? Don't care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That's cool. Pop culture geek? Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing? Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco