Senior Design Engineer

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.

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We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to work in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip ( AISoC ) Silicon team.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of related technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
  • OR Master's 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.
• 4+ years of experience delivering successful IP or Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)/SOC designs.
• 4+ years expertise in Digital Design including microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog and Clock Domain Crossing (CDC).
• 4+ years of experience in Simulation debug, Synthesis, Timing constraints, Power, Performance, Area (PPA) trade-offs and Post-Silicon Debug.

Other Requirements

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.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with industry standard interfaces such as Advanced extensible Interface (AXI) & Advanced Peripheral Bus (APB).
• 4+ years of experience working on SOC integration.
• Experience with writing System Verilog assertions and coverpoints .
• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl or Python.
• Track record of successful tapeouts in deep sub-micron technologies.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to facilitate collaboration across Microsoft internal groups and external vendors.
• Ability and willingness to adapt and work on variety of designs.

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Design Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Working on Intellectual Property (IP) microarchitecture specification, Register Transfer Level (RTL) design, synthesis, and System on Chip (SOC) integration.
• Interacting with various teams, including architecture, verification, and physical design, ensuring that the design is implemented and verified to the spec.
• Develops and implements technical solutions to complex quality and design challenges and applies lessons learned to recommend future focused solutions.
• Cross checks the architecture of the silicon chip by looking for potential flaws in the architecture.