Meet the Team
Cisco’s Client Optics Group (COG) designs & delivers the high-speed optical transceivers, and platforms that power Cisco's core data center networking solutions. We specialize in the design and integration of cutting-edge IM/DD optics and silicon photonic platforms that enable customers to deploy industry-leading optical technologies within data center with unprecedented speed, capacity, and reliability. Come join us and take part in shaping COG’s ground-breaking optical solutions by designing, developing, and testing some of the most advanced pluggable, and Co-packaged Optics (CPO) being developed in the industry.
You will work with Cisco's outstanding Silicon Photonics team. Our team is responsible for driving the development and optimization of optical transceivers & modules (800G,1.6T & beyond) that seamlessly integrate with Cisco's routing, switching, and datacenter platforms, enabling customers to build scalable, high-performance networks that support emerging technologies including AI/ML workloads, and next-generation data center architectures.




What You'll Do
The Digital Design Lead for the Client Optics Group (COG) provides essential technical leadership in the development of digital logic for silicon photonics, ensuring high-performance outcomes for 100G, 200G, and 400G optical interconnects. This role involves managing the full ASIC lifecycle, from architectural conception and RTL-based design of CPU subsystems and data path interfaces to tapeout and post-silicon production support, while overseeing the integration of digital logic with analog and mixed-signal blocks to ensure the reliability of Co-Packaged Optics and silicon photonics modules.
Candidates must possess comprehensive expertise in high-speed optical interconnects and mastery of the complete ASIC/SoC design flow, including DFT, physical design, and verification. Furthermore, the position requires the ability to drive technical strategy through effective collaboration with cross-f

📌 ASIC Engineering Digital Designer/ Leader (India)
🏢 Cisco
📍 India