Silicon Engineering: Internship Opportunities

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.  

About the team and role:

We are the Silicon Manufacturing Package Engineering (SMPE) team, on a mission to "deliver Cobalt and Maia Custom Silicon for Azure Data Center and AI" to drive the growth of High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

We are seeking highly motivated, passionate, and curious individuals eager to learn new technologies and tackle complex challenges. This role offers an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience.

As a Silicon Engineer Intern, you will collaborate closely with our team on diverse projects, gaining hands-on experience in cutting-edge silicon development at Microsoft. You'll work with product testing, analyze large datasets, engage in scripting, or web development, build predictive

models, and generate actionable insights to support our business goals. This is an excellent chance to launch a career in silicon engineering, with mentorship from industry-leading experts and exposure to innovative tools and workflows.

Join our diverse and inclusive Microsoft team, dedicated to advancing our global cloud infrastructure to provide faster, more efficient, and high-performance compute and AI solutions for customers and developers.

About the Internship Program:

It's a 12-week onsite internship program in summer of 2025. Upon successful completion of the internship, interns may be considered for a return offer based on performance and company needs.

Target candidates:

Penultimate year university students (Graduation time: 7/2025~6/2026) from related major such as Electrical & Electronics Engineering major microelectronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, etc.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

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.

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. 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering major microelectronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering major microelectronics, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience or classes in the following areas:
  • Digital Logic Design and Simulation
  • Object Oriented Programming and Data Structures
  • Embedded Systems and Firmware
  • Knowledge of verification principles, testbenches, UVM
  • Knowledge of C/C++ and scripting languages
  • Experience with digital timing analysis, synthesis, place-n-route
  • Circuit design, including VLSI design and solid-state devices  

• Contribute to and improve the hardware solutions we develop.
• Uses performance instrumentation and presents results to team and architects.
• Think strategically, creatively, and innovate ways to communicate and visualize user experiences.  
• Implements or recommends technical solutions to common quality and design challenges, with guidance from others (including logic design, verification, circuit design, physical design, and design for test).
• Uses standard practices to write complete design verification test cases, test benches, or automation.
• Assists in writing tests for formal pre-silicon verification of subsystems within a single block; includes the use of simulation and emulation tools, as well as tests for signal integrity, to prevent bugs/failures before production.