Design Verification Engineer - Fabric Interconnect

Microsoft • Raleigh, NC

2d • $102,100 - $219,200

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) develops the infrastructure and foundational technologies that support Microsoft’s online businesses and Azure platform. Within SCHIE, Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) is responsible for the design, development, manufacturing, and packaging of Microsoft computer chips, including Azure Cobalt. The Verification & Validation team supports the quality, delivery, scale, planning, and sustainability of Microsoft cloud hardware.

Microsoft is seeking a Design Verification Engineer focused on Fabric Interconnect. The engineer will contribute to integration-level verification of Fabric Top, working across coherency, PCIe/CXL, and configuration-access traffic. The role involves developing UVM/SystemVerilog verification environments, collaborating with partner IP, SoC, and VIP teams, and using automation, formal methods, and generative AI to improve verification quality and efficiency. The position also includes mentoring others and demonstrating Microsoft’s core values.

The role requires a relevant master's degree and at least one year of technical engineering experience, a relevant bachelor's degree and at least two years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience. The successful candidate must meet Microsoft and applicable customer or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check, and must provide documentation to assess eligibility for access to export-controlled information.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and at least 1 year of technical engineering experience; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and at least 2 years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. residency, or other protected status to establish eligibility for access to export-controlled information; citizenship will be verified with a valid passport, with other documents accepted for lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees where applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience leading verification of designs using Coherent Hub Interface (CHI) and Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) protocols.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of fabric interconnects, coherency, virtualization, security, interrupts, PCIe, CXL, or protocol bridges.
• Experience driving IP verification across multiple product cycles from definition through silicon, including writing IP/block or subsystem test plans, developing tests, debugging failures, and coverage signoff.
• Experience creating, maintaining, or integrating test benches, checkers, and stimulus using UVM and SystemVerilog Test Bench (SVTB), optionally with Python-based post-processing checking.
• Aptitude for writing scripts or software using industry-standard languages such as Python.
• Experience applying generative AI to day-to-day tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own aspects of integration-level verification of Fabric Top across coherency (such as CHI), PCIe/CXL traffic, and configuration-access traffic.
• Learn the design and collaborate with partner IP, SoC, and VIP teams to define verification strategies and test plans.
• Develop UVM/SystemVerilog-based integration-level verification environments, and run and debug simulations to drive quality.
• Use automation, formal-based methods, and AI-based approaches as additional verification tools.
• Improve verification efficiency through methodologies or tools.
• Apply generative AI solutions to verification work.
• Coach and mentor others in areas of expertise.
• Demonstrate Microsoft core values, including customer focus, adaptability, collaboration, growth mindset, drive for results, influence for impact, judgment, and diversity and inclusion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level