Senior SoC Hardware (Analog/Power) Validation Engineer

$117,200 - $229,200/Yr

Microsoft - Hillsboro, OR

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Hillsboro, OR

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Senior SoC Hardware (Analog/Power) Validation Engineer will be part of the Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team, responsible for validating custom silicon designs for various systems. This role focuses on post-silicon validation, including functional, electrical, and power/performance aspects, ensuring high-performance and efficient operation of the silicon products. The engineer will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement in design and validation methodologies, while also providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own post-silicon validation of electrical/analog or power/performance areas.
• Define, guide, and contribute to the implementation of silicon debug tools and capabilities.
• Become proficient in the overall architecture and implementation of complex power delivery features and their interactions with the SoC and software.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your area of expertise.
• Develop validation strategy, requirements, environment, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements.
• Write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and other validation collateral.
• Execute content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failures.
• Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement in design and validation plans/collateral.
• Collaborate with architects, logic designers, verification engineers, and other post-silicon validators.

Requirements

• 7+ years of related technical engineering experience, or a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of technical engineering experience, or a Master's degree with 3+ years of experience, or a Doctorate degree in a related field.
• Applied understanding of Computer Architecture and CPU/SoC validation principles, including SoC power delivery and system-level functionality.
• Proficiency in writing scripts/software with industry-standard languages like Python or C/C++.
• Ability to meet customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficient communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.
• Experience in verification, logic development, analog validation, or validation tool experience as part of a CPU, SoC, or IP development team.
• Demonstrated validation experience in electrical aspects such as Serde, Input Output (IO), SOC power delivery, and Voltage Regulator optimization.
• Experience in developing synthetic SoC validation cores and running silicon content on pre-silicon platforms like emulation or FPGA.
• Hands-on experience debugging silicon failures using on-chip debug features and test equipment.

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discount on products and services
• Savings and investment options
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving program
• Opportunities to network and connect