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Design Verification Engineer

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering

In short

Microsoft is seeking a Design Verification Engineer to join the Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering team. The role involves pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation of custom silicon components for Azure Cobalt chips. Key responsibilities include developing verification IP, writing stimulus, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure design correctness and closure.

Responsibilities

  • Establish yourself as an integral member of a pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation team for the development of custom silicon components.
  • Work with a team to write constrained random stimulus, scoreboards and checkers, and assertions to verify design correctness.
  • Develop Verification IP (VIP) components to verify home grown designs.
  • Develop UVM components to interface between test code and verification simulation environments.
  • Define and implement functional coverage and drive coverage closure.
  • Collaborate with Architecture, Design, Firmware/Software, Product Engineering, Program Management and third-party vendor teams to ensure pre-and-post-Si testing is comprehensive.
  • Develop scripts for verification and validation infrastructure.
  • Embody Microsoft's Culture and Values

Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Must pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Must provide either proof of country of citizenship or proof of US residency or other protected status for assessment of eligibility to access export-controlled information.
  • 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.

Desired Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of pre-silicon System on Chip (SOC), chip level, subsystem or IP verification experience.
  • 3+ years of experience with verification principles, object-oriented programming, test plan development, testbench creation, stimulus generation, UVM/Open Verification Methodology (OVM), and coverage-based verification.
  • 3+ years of experience in SystemVerilog, C/C++, and scripting languages such as Python, Ruby or Perl.
  • Demonstrated experience on one or more of the following: Coherency, Caches, Fabrics, Double Data Rate (DDR) controllers, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe), Compute Express Link (CXL), Advanced eXtensible Interface(AXI)/Coherent Hub Interface(CHI) protocol bridges or other complex IP/blocks or subsystems.
  • Experience with a full product cycle from definition to silicon, including writing IP/block or subsystem level test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff.
  • Experience creating, maintaining, or integrating test benches, checkers and stimulus using System Verilog Test Bench (SVTB), Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), Formal Verification and/or C/C++.
  • Experience in automating verification processes using Python or another scripting language.

Benefits

  • The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Skills

SystemVerilogC++PythonRubyPerlUVMOVM
#Silicon Engineering#Hardware Engineering#Design Verification#Pre-silicon Verification#Post-silicon Validation#UVM#SystemVerilog
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

3 days ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Work mode

Hybrid

Salary

US$102,100–202,200 / year

Experience Level

Mid-Senior

Locations

United States

Qualification

Master, Bachelor, Doctoral

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