Junior DFT Engineer- ETR- Israel

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Who We Are

The Silicon One team creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.

The Design for Test (DFT) team is part of the design group, which focuses on logic design, RTL development, and running verification tests.

Their main role is to design test structures embedded within the chip to ensure proper functionality after manufacturing.

The goal is to detect potential manufacturing defects with maximum efficiency and filter out faulty units before they reach the market.

What You'll Do

• Insert DFT logic, perform synthesis, and run Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) to ensure hardware testability.
• Execute Gate Level Simulations, timing checks, and DRC checks to maintain rigorous design integrity and performance standards.
• Run regressions and perform deep-dive debugging on simulation failures as part of the core verification process.
• Work in a small, agile team with an intimate atmosphere that offers direct mentoring and broad professional growth.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.Sc or M.Sc Electrical/Computer Engineering graduate from leading Israeli Universities with average grades above 85.
• Team players who enjoy big challenges.
• People who can quickly ramp on multiple, interdisciplinary domains.

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.