Senior Silicon Engineer

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering and Solutions Team is looking to hire a Senior Silicon Engineer  to join our Central Front-End Tools, Flows and Methodology (TFM) group.

This team drives state-of-the-art converged solutions, automation, and quality assurance checks across front-end areas like Register Transfer Level (RTL)  &  Verification Intellectual Property ( VIP Design) , Design Verification, Validation, Design for testing (DFT), Emulation, Design Synthesis, RTL Power Analysis, Physical Design ( PD) Handoff and System on Chip (SoC) integration. This team supports numerous simultaneous projects within Microsoft by developing workflows and software for our design engineers so that they can deliver cutting-edge silicon solutions for Microsoft.

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Required/Minimum 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.
• 7+ years of experience in digital design or CAD flows/tools development in this area. 
• 4 + years of experience in Design Synthesis
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience in one of the following areas:
  • Design compile, elaboration and file list/libraries handling.
  • Design release packaging and qualification, RTL quality flows, static checks.
  • Low Power design.

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science
  • OR equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in CPU/SoC design principles. 
• Experience with Logic Design compilation, elaboration and synthesis flows
• Experienced writing scripts/software with industry standard languages like Python, TCL, Perl, C/C++ or Java (Python preferred)
• Experience using industry standard Hardware Description Languages( HDLs) like System Verilog/Verilog. 
• In-depth knowledge of Front-End workflows, methodologies, and best practices. 
  • Ability to design and verify reusable design components.
  • Experience in Synthesis and Timing Constraints. Exposure to tools T, Fishtail, Formality/ Logic Equivalence Checking (LEC), Genus, Fusion Compile.
  • Demonstrated experience in RTL power/Unified Power Format (UPF) linting flows like Power Artist/Jules, Verification Checks Low Power (VCLP).
  • Experience in RTL file list generation, SoC connectivity, integration.
  • Hands on experience with RTL 2  Physical Design( PD) handoff process.

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.

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• Be part of a central  Front End Computer Aided Design (FE CAD)  team that drives common FE methodologies for SoC and Intellectual Property (IP) design.
• Be the go-to-lead in your domain and act in partnership with the execution team.
• Provide leadership to the design community for the Computer Aided Design ( CAD) domain for which you are responsible.
• Work with stakeholders across the Microsoft Silicon group to collect TFM requirements.
• Develop, enhance, and integrate common design and verification IP for organization-wide use. 
• Work with  Electronic Design Automation ( EDA) vendors to adopt the most optimal solutions for silicon verification and design.
• Mentor other team members and summer interns.

Other

• Embody our Culture and Values