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ASIC Design Verification Engineer

Cisco · San Jose, California, United States of America

Cisco is hiring for ASIC Design Verification Engineer in San Jose, California, United States of America. What you'll do: hiring and testing / qa, work across the infrastructure, security, and education domains. Qualifications: a PhD and familiarity with Python and Perl. Full-time, paying $153K.

Hiring signals for Software Developers

SOC 15-1252 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

50
/ 100
Cooling

Software Developers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($184k vs $137k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 5% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (29% appear duplicated)

Software Developers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Software Developers.

  • 34,854Active postings
  • 1,173Posted this week
  • 12,002Open 30+ days34% of active
  • 4,284Remote / hybrid12% of active
  • 9%List salary2,988 of 34,854
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $184kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 20dMedian agep90 68d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering6,882$160k n=528
Backend1,630$192k n=273
Full-stack1,629$204k n=224
ML / AI Engineering1,291$212k n=204
Data Engineering890$179k n=99

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time1,149$183k n=628
Contract953$190k n=385
Intern722$205k n=64
Temporary108$144k n=63
Part-time89$117k n=65

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology21,815$188k n=2433
Manufacturing16,033$148k n=366
Financial Services4,270$200k n=365
Government / Public Sector3,216$135k n=46
Professional Services2,972$169k n=267

Top categories

  • Engineering6,882
  • Backend1,630
  • Full-stack1,629
  • ML / AI Engineering1,291
  • Data Engineering890
  • Engineering Manager732

In-demand skills

  • Python3,525
  • AWS2,675
  • Java2,666
  • Agile1,792
  • Azure1,764
  • Kubernetes1,427
  • Go1,422
  • SQL1,412

Top sectors

  • Technology21,815
  • Manufacturing16,033
  • Financial Services4,270
  • Government / Public Sector3,216
  • Professional Services2,972
  • Retail1,600

Employment mix

  • Unspecified31,833 · 91%
  • Full-time1,149 · 3%
  • Contract953 · 3%
  • Intern722 · 2%
  • Temporary108 · 0%
  • Part-time89 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Salary
$153k · fulltime
Source
careers.cisco.com
Original link
https://careers.cisco.com/global/en/job/CISCISGLOBAL2006886EXTERNALENGLOBAL/ASIC-Design-Verification-Engineer
Posted
4 weeks ago (2026-04-13)
Status
active

Skills: Python, Perl

Topics: Infrastructure, Security, Education

Activities: Hiring, Testing / QA

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