Cisco Senior FPGA Engineer Switching 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

371856122

Who You'll Work With

At Data Center Business Unit in Cisco, we are dedicated to driving innovation in networking technologies. Our focus is on developing groundbreaking Ethernet Switching products that address the evolving needs of modern network infrastructures, including those in AI, cloud computing, and enterprise environments. In this role, you will have the opportunity to learn a wide range of core Ethernet Technologies with architectural exposure to craft and develop Ethernet Switching as applied to both Public and Private cloud infrastructure. You will work on the intricacies of the critically important infrastructure that enables the world-class, multi-layered Nexus switches. In addition, you will have the opportunity to participate in multi-functional collaboration and be exposed to all facets of the software development cycle from innovation, marketing requirement to product delivery.

What You Will Do

You will participate on a project team of engineers involved in the development of FPGA software for our next generation data center switch Nexus product family, with emphasis in the Ultra-Low Latency(ULL)forwarding layer 1-3 services and HPT solutions.

• Define, architect, design, and deliver new features and solution on the Nexus ULL platform.
• Work also involves providing constant feedback to hardware and software teams for improvements. Write complete functional and design specs independently. Write portions of product specification and design.
• Write complete functional and design specs independently. Write portions of product specification and design.
• Play a significant role in analyzing new feature requirements, developing design and functional specification

Who You Are

• 8+ year’s experience in FPGA programming for networking or related domain
• Expertise in Verilog programming
• Expertise in PCIe Gen3/4
• Deep understanding of low level ethernet specially pcs, serdes, transceivers, MII, SGMII
• Command on Verilator for testing/simulation
• Expertise in Xilinx FPGA (Kintex, Ultrascale, Ultrscale+, Versal) and Vivado
• Expertise in CDC in the context of lowest possible latency
• Expert in dealing with high speed clocks
• Knowledge of 25G/40G/100G MAC layer
• Expertise in reading and decoding the board schematics
• Able to tackle the timing closure issues
• Experience in networking domain with an understanding of OSI layers
• Able to work on Linux CLI
• Familiarity with C/C++/bash/tcl/python
• Good understanding on TCP/IP layer2 and layer3 forwarding
• MS/BS Degree in Electronics/Computer Science