Microsoft

Principal Product Engineer

Microsoft • $142K — $274K *
Mountain View, CA 94040In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Doctorate in relevant engineering field with 3+ years experience, or Master's with 6+ years, or Bachelor's with 8+ years of technical experience.
  • Extensive knowledge of IC development, including testing and packaging processes.
  • Strong project leadership skills for managing cross-functional teams and external vendors.
  • Proficient in ATE test program development and associated methodologies.
  • Background in high-performance computing or AI-related product markets is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product/test engineering for new product development and manufacturing.
  • Ensure pre-silicon readiness for power and performance testing.
  • Implement ATE test programs to optimize system-on-chip performance.
  • Coordinate product manufacturing fusing and data flow across test sockets.
  • Manage cross-functional collaboration and drive sub-projects within larger development programs.

Benefits

  • Access to cutting-edge projects in semiconductor technology and AI.
  • Career development opportunities within a leading tech company.
  • Potential for involvement in high-impact projects within the industry.
  • Engagement with diverse, cross-functional teams that foster innovation.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

The position will have responsibility for product/test engineering for new product development and manufacturing.
  • The position requires someone with experience in semiconductor IC development, IC manufacturing, fabrication, testing, and packaging.
  • Drive pre-Si readiness for power, performance, Thermal and Power delivery (LDOs, Integrated VRs) related tests and features for successful bring up during power on. Drive Power and Performance tuning during post-Si phase in partnership with platform teams.
  • Drive ATE test program implementation to optimize for SOC power/TDP. Work closely with platform/system engineers to drive necessary correlation work to enable such optimizations.
  • Drive product manufacturing fuse requirements and end to end data flow for fusing across various test sockets.
  • Successful candidates should have strong project leadership skills to manage external vendors, drive cross functional teams and drive sub-projects as part of larger development programs.
  • They should also have excellent knowledge of ATE test program development including test method development, test bring-up, characterization, debug, and yield analysis.
  • The candidate should also have knowledge of DFT, silicon fabrication process, product Q&R, and basic transistor theory.
  • The candidate would benefit from a background in various product market areas such as high-performance computing, AI, GPUs, CPUs.
  • Overall product engineering role taking product from definition to launch.


Qualifications

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.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of experience in Product development and manufacturing in large scale and/or high performance (i.e., AI, machine leaning, neural nets, CPU's) and/or high power SoCs/chips.
  • 10+ years of experience in Developing Integrated Circuits (pre-silicon, first silicon bring-up, new product introduction).
  • 8+ years of experience in product and test engineering, specializing in ATE test program development.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills.
  • Experience in
    • Leading cross functional teams and understanding program/project management.
    • Managing supply chain, vendors / partners, and Integrated Circuit production.
    • Experience in system/customer requirements gathering and interfacing.
    • Silicon configuration (SKU) management and internal supplier/customer interfacing
    • End-to-end product development flow and driving sample delivery milestones across the life cycle (Quality & Quantity)
  • Knowledgeable in power / performance modelling for ATE binning optimization in both pre- and post-silicon phases of the program. In-depth understanding of ATE test program power/performance binning implementation including required characterization data collection.
  • Knowledgeable in yield recovery definition (redundancy and repair for logic, array, analog) and their implementation (test programs, test content, SKU). Drive implementation partnering with cross-functional teams.
  • Electrical Engineering and/or Device physics background.
  • System and Platform validation background is a plus. Experience working across various platforms (ATE/RVP/Customer boards) for product validation and characterization.
  • Experience with failure analysis, qualification, and yield analysis
  • Strong probability and statistical background including DOE's.
  • Experience in product and test engineering and ATE test program methodologies. Advantest V93K experience is a plus.
  • Knowledgeable in DFT and DFM techniques.
  • Good understanding of bring-up/debug, characterization/manufacturing test (on ATEs).
  • Device physics background.
  • Adaptability (responds, explores, constructive attitude)
  • Growth Mindset (It starts with a belief that everyone can grow and develop)
  • Trusted Computer architecture fundamentals/background
  • Great unit/integration testing skills
  • Background in debugging and optimizing software.
  • Customer Focus (anticipates needs and proactively meets expectations)
  • Drive for results (actively pursues outcome, delivers on commitments)
  • Influence for impact (communicates, networks, persuades, influences)
  • Judgement (scope problem, builds & applies knowledge)


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Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800.00 - $274,800.00 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 $188,000.00 - $304,200.00 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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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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