Principal Validation Engineer

Microsoft • Mountain View, CA

78d • $139,900 - $274,800

About The Position

The Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team is seeking passionate, driven, and intellectually curious computer/electrical engineers to deliver premium-quality designs once considered impossible. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge AI designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in an extremely efficient manner. We are looking for a Principal Validation Engineer with expertise in one or more of the following validation domains: functional, electrical, high speed interfaces, memory, power/performance, debug/BU and tool development. You will be part of the Post-Silicon Validation team in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon Org. 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.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in Computer Architecture and SoC validation principles, including: Broad understanding of SoC subsystem, SoC system level, and platform level functionality
• Writing scripts/software with industry standard languages such as Python or C/C++
• 4+ years of experience in driving Post-Silicon validation and characterization and successful execution
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success in running cross-disciplinary taskforces
• Verification, logic design or validation experience as part of a CPU, SoC and/or IP development team
• Leadership skills
• Experience with high-speed IO (ethernet, PCIe)
• Understanding of board level schematics
• Understanding of system level software and firmware
• Demonstrated success in hardware/software debug efforts
• Communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to lead, grow, and contribute to diverse and inclusive teams
• Hands on expertise debugging silicon failures using on chip debug features (e.g., trace or JTAG) as well as test equipment (e.g., protocol analyzers, bit error rate testers, logic analyzers, high speed oscilloscopes)
• Experience with FPGA design and verification and knowledge of prototyping platforms
• Hands on experience with validation for multiple product cycles from definition to Silicon, including writing test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and developing tools for pre-silicon and post-silicon environments

Responsibilities

• Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements
• Apply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and other verification collateral
• Execute content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failures
• Apply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environment
• Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement to design, validation plans/collateral, and methodology to prevent, reduce, and/or find bugs sooner, more easily, or more reliably
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertise
• Collaborate with and influence architects, logic designers, verification engineers, other post-silicon validators, and IP and tool providers
• Delight your customers by providing high quality results on schedule
• Provide technical leadership with respect and integrity
• Apply your expertise towards pre-silicon verification plans, tests, and debug of your area

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree