Sr.Test Development Engineer

The application window is expected to close on 10/30/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet The Team

You will collaborate with ASIC design teams in the Central Hardware Group, peer Test Engineers in Silicon Operations, and with Cisco Systems NPI teams. You will also work with Cisco’s manufacturing partners to prioritize any failures and manage the OSAT production test activities.

Your Impact

You will be a Test Engineer in Silicon Operations focusing on the ATE test bring-up. You will partner with the Cisco ASIC team to bring up tests, characterize units, and release the test program to production. You will support pattern generation/debugging, identify gaps in test coverage, and design and implement new tests to improve coverage. You will work with Tier-1 OSATs to manage high-volume manufacturing tests and quality issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 12+ years’ experience in SOC/VLSI/ bring-up, production, characterization, and test engineering.
• Excellent working knowledge of Advantest 93k tester(SMT7/8) for NPI bring-up, characterization and production testing.
• Highly skilled in writing code in C, C++, Java, 93k test methods, PERL, and Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of the latest state-of-the-art trends in DFT insertion techniques, including JTAG, Scan, ATPG, SerDes, PCIe and MBIST.
• Experience with yield improvement and test time reduction activities.

Why Cisco

Cisco is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.
Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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