Senior Silicon Engineering - Microsoft

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 Microsofts 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. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission.

Are you seeking an opportunity to work on delivering silicon solutions that have a planet-scale impact? The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team within the Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure group is seeking a Senior Silicon Engineer. You will join our front-end silicon team and be responsible for delivering cutting-edge, high performance, low power, scalable and programmable DPU silicon.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of related technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
  • OR Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
  • OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in RTL Verification using UVM/C verification methodology
• 5+ years of experience in Ethernet, TCP/IP, MAC/PCS, Networking blocks
• 5+ years of experience in verification and development of complex System on Chips

Other Qualifications:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 11+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience.
• In depth understanding of processors and peripheral interconnect bus protocols and architectures
• knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog, UVM methodology
• Self-motivated and able to work effectively both independently and in a team.

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Oct 1, 2024.

Responsibilities

• Validating silicon to solve complex problems in a datacenter.
• Lead key components of functional validation of complex Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) System on Chip (SOC) using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)/C test bench
• Perform Pre-Silicon SoC verification, Post-Silicon/ Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) validation by defining testing strategies
• Work with Cross-functional teams, Architecture, Design, Verification, Partner teams for project execution and also 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
• Demonstrate Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion