Senior SoC Hardware Validation Engineer

$117,200 - $229,200/Yr

Microsoft - Hillsboro, OR

Full-time - Senior

Hillsboro, OR

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Senior SoC Hardware Validation Engineer will play a crucial role in the post-silicon validation team at Microsoft, focusing on functional, electrical, and power/performance aspects of custom silicon projects. This position is integral to ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality, efficient SoC designs that support Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. The engineer will be responsible for developing validation strategies, guiding the implementation of silicon debug tools, and mentoring other engineers, all while collaborating with various teams to enhance design and validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Own post-silicon validation of functional, electrical, or power/performance areas.
• Define, guide, and contribute to the implementation of silicon debug tools and capabilities.
• Become efficient on the overall architecture and implementation of complex features/flows/protocols.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers.
• Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies.
• 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.
• Collaborate with architects, logic designers, verification engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Deliver high-quality results on schedule.

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 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.
• Experience writing scripts/software with industry standard languages like Python or C/C++.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficient communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills.
• Verification, logic development, validation, or validation tools experience in CPU, SoC, or IP development.
• Leadership skills.
• Demonstrated validation experience in functional, electrical, and power/performance areas.
• Experience in automation, content creation, or tools/scripts development.
• Understanding of board level schematics and system level software/firmware.
• Experience running silicon content on pre-silicon platforms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range based on experience and location.
• Potential for additional benefits and compensation based on role.
• Inclusive work environment with a focus on diversity and collaboration.