Senior Design Verification Engineer - Fabric Interconnect

Microsoft • Raleigh, NC

2d • $119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) powers Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and supports the Intelligent Cloud mission. The Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering organization designs, develops, manufactures, and packages Microsoft computer chips, including Azure Cobalt. Its Verification & Validation team works to improve the planning, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability of Microsoft cloud hardware.

The Senior Design Verification Engineer – Fabric Interconnect will contribute to integration-level verification of Fabric Top, including coherency, PCIe/CXL, and configuration access traffic. The role works with partner IP, SOC, and VIP teams to define verification strategies and test plans, develops UVM/System Verilog verification environments, and runs and debugs simulations. The engineer will also use automation, formal methods, and generative AI to improve verification work, innovate on verification methodologies and tools, and coach and mentor others.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 1+ year of technical engineering experience; or a master's degree in one of these fields and 4+ years of technical engineering experience; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 5+ 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.
• For access to export-controlled information, provide proof of citizenship, U.S. residency, or other protected status for eligibility assessment; citizenship will be verified with a valid passport, with other applicable documents accepted for lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience; or a master's degree in one of these fields and 6+ years of technical engineering experience; or a bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 8+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated expertise leading verification of designs that use Coherent Hub Interface (CHI) and Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) protocols.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more of fabric interconnects, coherency, virtualization, security, interrupts, PCIe, CXL, and/or protocol bridges.
• Experience driving IP verification for multiple product cycles from definition to silicon, including writing IP/block or subsystem-level test plans, developing tests, debugging failures, and coverage signoff.
• Demonstrated hands-on technical leadership, such as creating bottom-up schedules, coordinating work across a team, driving verification closure, or solving cross-team technical problems.
• Experience creating, maintaining, or integrating test benches, checkers, and stimulus using UVM, System Verilog Test Bench (SVTB), and optionally Python-based post-processing checking.
• Aptitude for writing scripts or software with industry-standard languages such as Python.
• Experience applying generative AI to day-to-day tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own or lead aspects of integration-level verification of Fabric Top, spanning coherency (e.g., CHI), PCIe/CXL traffic, and configuration access traffic.
• Learn about the design and interact with partner IP, SOC, and VIP teams to define verification strategies and test plans.
• Develop UVM/System Verilog-based verification environments at the integration level, and run and debug simulations to drive quality.
• Leverage automation, formal-based methods, and AI-based approaches as additional tools in the verification toolkit.
• Innovate to improve verification efficiency through methodologies or tools.
• Apply industry-leading generative AI solutions to verification work.
• Coach and mentor others in areas of expertise.
• Demonstrate Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion.

What This Job Offers

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