This is a hybrid role with four days per week at Cisco’s Yerevan office.

Meet the team

Join the CAD & Methodology Team—a highly skilled group at the center of ASIC innovation. Our team develops and maintains the digital design flows that power Cisco’s next-generation silicon, working directly with design and verification experts across multiple projects. We are a collaborative, supportive, and energetic team with a deep commitment to technical excellence. With a diverse mix of backgrounds and expertise, we pride ourselves on our problem-solving abilities and our impact on successful tape-outs. If you’re excited by complex challenges, leading-edge tools, and a culture of learning, this is the team for you.

Your impact

As an ASIC Flow Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing, maintaining, and optimizing the digital ASIC design implementation flow, from RTL to GDS. Collaborate with project leaders and cross-functional teams to enable and support ASIC project flows. Own the setup, configuration, and management of EDA tools, and troubleshoot flow-related issues, from tool crashes to convergence challenges. Develop and maintain flow QA test suites and comprehensive documentation to ensure flows are robust, reusable, and scalable. Your contributions will directly impact project efficiency, quality, and the success of multiple ASIC designs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in at least one of the following: ASIC design, physical implementation, or CAD/flow engineering
• Hands-on experience with at least one major EDA tool (e.g., Fusion Compiler, PrimeTime, PrimePower, Innovus, Calibre, or ICV)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Tcl, Python, or Shell)
• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals, including RTL, synthesis, and physical design concepts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with standard ASIC collateral (Liberty (.lib), LEF/DEF, GDS, SDC, SPEF, SDF)
• Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on quality, reproducibility, and maintainability.

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.