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Senior Silicon Engineer

Microsoft

Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Full-Time
Posted Sep 05, 2025
Up to 50% work from home

About the role

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead key components of functional validation of complex ASIC SOC using UVM/C test bench
  • Perform pre-silicon SoC verification, post-silicon validation by defining testing strategies
  • Work with cross functional teams, architecture, design, verification, partner teams for project execution and influence next generation designs
  • Develop test plan, C tests and infrastructure to complete functional validation of complex design and report bug/issues
  • Running tests, debugging failures, creating stress and performance scenarios to meet test plan goals
  • Actively participate in chip bring up and write test firmware to support various teams
  • Innovate to improve validation efficiency through methodologies and tools
  • Coach and mentor others in your areas of expertise

Requirements

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of experience in pre-silicon validation with a proven track record of delivering high performance Network switches/accelerators, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Vector processors and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU’s) or relevant experience
  • 4+ years of experience in UVM/C verification methodology
  • 4+ years of experience with functional validation of complex ASIC SOC

Benefits

  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

About the Company

Microsoft is a global leader in technology and innovation, with a diverse range of products and services that help people, businesses, and organizations achieve more.

Job Details

Salary Range

$119,800 - $234,700/yearly

Location

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Employment Type

Full-Time

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