Microchip’s FPGA software engineering team develops the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software used by our customers to program Microchip FPGAs. Customers perform their entire FPGA design flow using our software: from design entry, to synthesis, through place-and-route, timing, power analysis, and simulation. Our Software Quality Assurance (SQA) engineering group defines testing requirements, develops and implements testing strategies, and automate testing flow for better repeatability and maximum testing outputs. The candidate will work in a team environment interacting with many cross-functional groups, including design, development, manufacturing, application and marketing teams. The successful candidate will have an overview and good understanding of the complete workflow for our products, and be rewarded by developing useful technical skills as well as being connected and appreciated by many teams at Microchip. Microchip Technology Inc. has a Technical Staff Engineer-Software opening based in Austin, TX. This position is an excellent opportunity for someone willing to think outside of the box, daring to ask questions and enjoy diagnosing complex problems and maximizing by automation. As a software quality assurance engineer at Microchip, you will be involved with Application Frameworks and Infrastructure group to support the next generation FPGA architecture for Microchip's FPGAs. In that role, you will be part of the team working on developing the tools and flows to validate configuration bitstreams for multiple FPGA families.