Microsoft

Join us to achieve this by building the world’s computer. The Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team is seeking a passionate, driven, and intellectually curious computer/electrical engineer to deliver premium-quality designs once considered impossible. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge AI designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in an extremely efficient manner. 

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to work in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon team. The successful candidate would be highly motivated and a self-starter, who will thrive in this cutting-edge technical environment. You will be part of the design team, driving many facets of high performance, high bandwidth designs.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Embody our culture and values.

• Being part of the design team driving many facets of high performance, high bandwidth designs.
• Working on Intellectual Property (IP) microarchitecture specification, Register Transfer Level (RTL) design, synthesis, and System on Chip (SOC) integration on different subsystems.
• Interacting with various teams, including architecture, verification, and physical design, ensuring that the design is implemented and verified to the spec.

Required/Qualifications

• 7+ years of related technical engineering experience
• OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
• OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years expertise in Digital Design including microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog and Clock Domain Crossing (CDC)/LINT closure.
• 4+ years of experience in Synthesis, Timing constraints, Power, Performance, Area (PPA) trade-offs and Post-Silicon Debug.
• 2+ years of experience with Synthesis, SDC constraints and UPF.

Other Requirements

• 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• 11+ 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 Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience.
• 4+ years of experience with Synthesis, SDC constraints and UPF.
• 4+ years of experience working on SOC integration.
• 4+ years of experience delivering successful IP or Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)/SOC designs.
• Experience with 802.3 standards is a plus.
• Experience with industry standard interfaces such as AXI, APB.
• Experience with writing System Verilog assertions and coverpoints.

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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