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Our team operates in a startup-like environment within a stable and leading corporation.\nOur design center is uniquely equipped, hosting all silicon hardware and software development fields under one roof.\nWe are revolutionizing the industry by building a new internet for the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that serves as the foundation for all of Cisco's future routing products. Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, catering to both fixed and modular platforms. They deliver high speed without compromising on programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.\nCisco Silicon One is a ground-breaking, groundbreaking technology that will serve our customers and end users for decades to come. The Internet now has a new, faster, better, and safer engine!\nYour Impact\nYou'll be joining our Physical Design team within Cisco Silicon One, which is responsible for the entire backend methodology and flow development from RTL to GDS. 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