ASIC Engineer

Cisco is hiring an ASIC Engineer in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Cisco.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Formal Verification, Emulation Tools and asic design.
Level classifies it as a junior role.
Level lists 1,400+ other open roles at Cisco.
The role was posted within the past week.

AI in this role

Define, design, and verify high-performance ASICs and ASIC subsystems for deployment in Cisco networking platforms.

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Meet the team:

Define, design and verify ASIC and ASIC subsystems to be deployed in a range of Cisco platforms. Contribute to a multi-disciplined engineering team to meet the power, performance, and area goals for products. Design, document, and develop ASIC subsystems for release in high volume and quality. Help define the process, methods, and tools for design and implementation of complex developments.

What You’ll Do:

Develop high-performance designs / ASICs from specification to tape-out • Drives the definition, architecture and design of high-performance ASICs • Owns complex or multiple functional areas • Develops reusable code for future projects • Creates re-usable code • Debugs at ASIC, SW, HW level • Leads design work by solving block level issues and participates in chip level issue resolution.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors 1-3 years of related experience, or Masters years of related experience,

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in networking technologies • Proven experience in meeting and delivering project milestones • Ability to communicate technical concepts to audiences, spanning executives to junior engineers • Demonstrated ability in troubleshooting and debugging • Experience with Emulation and Formal Verification tools are a plus.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

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How we rate this

ASIC Engineer at Cisco rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

ASIC Engineer is an open job at Cisco.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Bangalore, India.
The job was posted on October 29, 2026.
Seniority: junior.
Applications are handled by Cisco. Apply on Cisco

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Asic DesignArchitectureDebuggingNetworkingFormal VerificationEmulation Tools

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where asic design was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where debugging was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where networking was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Formal Verification in your day-to-day work.

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List these exact terms on your resume: Asic Design, Architecture, Debugging, Networking, and Formal Verification. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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