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Principal Verification Engineer

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In short

Microsoft's Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering team seeks a Principal Verification Engineer to lead pre-silicon verification for AI components. This role involves collaborating with design teams, developing UVM components, and applying Agile methodologies to ensure design correctness and architectural intent.

Responsibilities

  • Establish as an integral member of a design verification team for the development of AI components, focusing on verifying functions and features.
  • Lead a pre-silicon verification team for the development of custom Intellectual Property (IP) and Subsystem (SS) components, focusing on architectural and micro-architectural based functions and features.
  • Collaborate with the architecture and design teams to ensure implementation meets architectural and micro-architectural intent.
  • Write, execute, enhance, and debug constrained random stimulus, scoreboards, checkers, and assertions to verify design correctness.
  • Develop Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) components to interface between test code and verification simulation environments.
  • Apply Agile development methodologies including code reviews, sprint planning, and feature deployment.
  • Provide technical leadership through mentorship and teamwork.
  • Demonstrate Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion.

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.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Requires passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Role requires access to information controlled for export under export control regulations.

Desired Qualifications

  • 10+ years of industry experience in design verification with a track record of delivering complex Central Processing Unit(CPU), Graphics Processing Unit(GPU) or System on Chip(SoC) IPs.
  • 8+ years of industry experience in design verification with a delivering complex Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASIC) or System on Chip(SOC).
  • Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: interconnect fabrics, Network on Chip(NOCs), AXI protocol base other complex IP/blocks or subsystems.
  • Experience of working on AI/Machine Learning (ML) SoCs preferred.
  • In depth knowledge of verification and debug principles, testbenches, Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) or C based test environments.
  • Working knowledge of writing assertions, coverage and / or formal verification.
  • Knowledge of industry standard bus interfaces such as Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA) Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) protocols.
  • Background in debugging RTL (Verilog) designs as well as simulation and/or emulation environments.
  • Experience Scripting languages such as Zsh, Bash, Python or Perl.
  • Proficient communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to contribute to diverse and inclusive teams within Microsoft and with external vendors.

Benefits

  • The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
  • For specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
#AI#Machine Learning#Hardware Engineering#Silicon Engineering#Verification#IP#SoC#ASIC#UVM
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

United States

Qualification

Doctoral, Master, Bachelor

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