Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge technology that changes our world. Microsoft’s Silicon team builds custom silicon for a diverse set of systems ranging from innovative consumer products like Xbox to high-performance Azure cloud servers, clients, and augmented reality.

The Silicon IP Architecture and Verification team is seeking passionate, driven, and intellectually curious silicon verification engineer who can work with cross-discipline teams (systems, firmware, architecture, design, validation, product engineering, ...) to develop environment and test cases to verify SOC designs.  The ideal candidate is also passionate about developing systematic and efficient methods to detect hardware/software vulnerabilities.

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.

We’re committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from all background and walks of life. Difference makes us better. 

Responsibilities

The role will be responsible for creation of verification environments and tests, pre-silicon verification at the block, sub-system, and SoC levels – functional, stress, performance and application-level use cases, and SoC level Coverage.

Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of experience leading pre-silicon verification of sub systems and SoCs through full cycle.

• Experience in mentoring individual engineers

• Working with multiple stakeholders (arch/design/block level dv/fw - teams) to execute functional verification.

• In depth knowledge of verification principles, testbenches, stimulus generation.

• Substantial background in creating UVM and SoC level Test Benches, developing tests, and debugging designs.

• Solid understanding of silicon chip and/or computer architecture

• Experience writing tests in C/C++, System Verilog and UVM

• Scripting language such as Python, Ruby, or Perl

• Excellent communication skills

• Energetic and self-motivated

Preferred

• Experience with PCIe/MIPI subsystems

• Experience with the use of formal verification methods

• Experience in RTL design for FPGA or emulation

• Experience in Assembly, start up code and linker scripts

• Experience in developing makefiles for software development

• Experience in emulation, FPGA proto-typing or post-silicon validation

• Good communication and self-motivated that can collaborate with larger teams within Microsoft.

• Occasional travel

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .