Design Verification Engineer

<b>Overview</b><br><div><p>Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission. </p></div><div><p>The Compute Silicon &amp; Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) organization within SCHIE is responsible for design, development, manufacturing and packaging of Microsoft's state-of-the-art computer chips, notably the Azure Cobalt. Our solutions provide sustainable strategic advantages to Microsoft and enable our customers to achieve more. </p></div><div><p>As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Verification &amp; Validation team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for experienced engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.  </p></div><div><p>We are looking for a Design Verification Engineer to join the team to support our mission and culture. This key role will impact the organization by delivering automation and verification needs to scale next generation Fabric interconnect and/or Memory Controller. </p><p> </p><p><strong>This role is targeting an immediate start date.</strong></p></div><div><p> </p></div><div><p>#SCHIE #CSME</p></div><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Contributes to verification of fabric interconnect or memory subsystem.</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Develop UVM/System Verilog based verification environments at the integration level, apply Formal based methods, and run and debug simulations to drive quality. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Innovate to improve verification efficiency through methodologies or tools.</span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Applies industry leading generative AI solutions to verification work. </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Demonstrates Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity &amp; Inclusion.</span></p></li></ul></div><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><div><strong>Required Qualifications:</strong></div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.</li></ul><div> </div><div><strong>Other Requirements:</strong> </div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: <ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li><li>Citizenship &amp; Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.</li></ul></li></ul><div> </div><div><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li>Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. </li><li><div>Demonstrated understanding of Coherent Hub Interface (CHI), Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA), JEDEC, DFI protocols.</div></li><li><div>Demonstrated understanding of one or more of the following: memory controller, fabric interconnects, coherency, virtualization, security, interrupts, PCIe, CXL, and/or protocol bridges.</div></li></ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><div>Demonstrated software development and automation skills, with proficiency in Python and TypeScript. </div></li><li><div>Understanding of product cycles from definition to silicon, including writing IP/block or subsystem level test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff.</div></li><li><div>Academic experience creating test benches, checkers and stimulus using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), System Verilog Test Bench (SVTB), and optionally Python based post-processing checking.</div></li><li><div>Experience applying generative AI to day-to-day tasks.</div></li></ul><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><div>3+ years of related technical engineering experience </div><ul style="list-style-type: circle;"><li><div>OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience </div></li><li><div>OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience or internship experience. </div></li><li><div>OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 0+ year(s) technical engineering experience or internship experience.</div></li></ul></li></ul> <br><br><p>Silicon Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $111,100 - $183,700 per year. </p><p></p> <p>Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:<br><a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay">https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a></p><br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>