Microsoft

Director, Design Verification

Microsoft • $142K — $274K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
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Qualifications

  • Doctorate or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 3+ years experience, or Master's with 6+ years, or Bachelor's with 8+ years.
  • Proven track record of designing high-performance verification for custom IP and SS components.
  • Ability to clear Microsoft security screenings and access export-controlled information.
  • 9+ years in design verification, especially with testbench delivery for IP, SS, and SoCs.
  • Preferred experience includes managing cross-functional teams and expertise in DDR or HBM, and PCIe technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Build and mentor a talented engineering team for career growth.
  • Lead a pre-silicon verification team focusing on custom IP and subsystem components.
  • Create test plans in collaboration with architects and design engineers.
  • Write and debug verification code using constrained random stimulus and assertions.
  • Develop UVM components for test and verification environments.
  • Collaborate on component reuse across verification teams.
  • Define functional coverage metrics and ensure closure.
  • Debugging testbench and simulation issues effectively.,

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare options including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous retirement plans, including a 401(k) with company match.
  • Flexible work arrangements and remote work options.
  • Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
  • Employee discounts on products and services.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Build, hire, and mentor a team of talented engineers, supporting their career growth and professional development.
  • Lead a pre-silicon verification team for the development of custom IP and Subsystem (SS) components with focus on architectural and micro-architectural based functions and features.
  • Interact with architects and design engineers to create testplans covering verification strategy, test requirements, and test environments for IP- or SS-level verification.
  • Write, execute, enhance, and debug constrained random stimulus, scoreboards and checkers, and assertions to verify design correctness.
  • Develop Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) components to interface between test code and verification simulation environments.
  • Collaborate across verification teams on vertical and horizontal reuse of components.
  • Define and implement functional coverage and drive coverage closure.
  • Triage and debug testbench, simulation, and emulation fails.
  • Write makefiles and scripts for verification infrastructure.
  • Apply Agile development methodologies including code reviews, sprint planning, and feature deployment.
  • Provide technical leadership through mentorship and strong teamwork.


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications
  • 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.


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.
  • 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 or Export Administration Regulations, 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 US. 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.


Additional or Preferred Qualifications
  • 9+ years of experience in design verification with a proven track record of delivering high performance IP, SS or SOC testbenches.
  • 3+ years people management experience.
  • Experience with verification for multiple product cycles from definition to Silicon, including writing test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff in C++ and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)
  • Experience debugging Register Transfer Level (RTL) designs as well as simulation and/or emulation environments.
  • 12+ years of experience in design verification
  • 5+ years experience managing cross-functional / cross-time-zone engineering teams.
  • Verification lead experience for an IP or SS related to DDR or HBM memory technologies, PCIe, Network Connectivity.
  • Experience of working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) SoCs
  • Experience in Scripting language such as Python or Perl
  • Hands on experience in Formal property verification


Silicon Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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