Microsoft

Senior Design Verification Engineer

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ years technical experience, or Master's AND 4+ years, or Bachelor's AND 5+ years.
  • 6+ years in emulation and simulation environments for silicon IPs.
  • 3+ years in chip/computer architecture.
  • 3+ years in Verilog, C/C++, and scripting languages like Python.
  • Experience in CPU or Graphics core verification.
  • Knowledge of verification principles including System Verilog, UVM, and coverage closure.

Responsibilities

  • Build, validate, and automate emulation models for runtime efficiency.
  • Develop complex verification environments and test suites including pre-silicon functional verification.
  • Collaborate with design engineers to define verification plans.
  • Create comprehensive test plans to ensure feature coverage.
  • Design solutions for complex design and quality challenges.
  • Develop verification components like scoreboards and constrained random tests.
  • Triage and debug failures in testbenches and simulations.
  • Develop Makefiles and automation scripts for verification flows.
  • Apply Agile methodologies in project processes.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across various locations.

Benefits

  • Participation in code reviews and sprint planning.
  • Opportunities for continuous integration practices.
  • Collaboration across multiple sites and geographies.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Buid, validate and automate emulation models with constant improvement in runtime efficiency. Preferred platforms include Zebu and Palladium.


  • Develop complex verification environments and test suites, including pre-silicon functional verification at the block, chip, and system levels, reference modeling, and post-silicon validation.


  • Collaborate with architects and design engineers to define verification plans, including strategy, test environments, and requirements for IP/Subsystem/SoC-level verification.


  • Create and drive comprehensive test plans and develop tests to ensure full feature coverage.


  • Design and implement technical solutions to address complex design and quality challenges.


  • Develop verification components such as scoreboards, sequences, constrained random tests, assertions, and functional coverage models.


  • Triage and debug failures in testbenches, simulations, and emulation environments.


  • Develop Makefiles and automation scripts to enable scalable and efficient verification flows.


  • Apply Agile methodologies, including participation in code reviews, sprint planning, and continuous integration practices.


  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams across multiple sites and geographies


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ 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.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in creating emulation and simulation environments, developing tests, and debugging for multiple silicon IP's or systems.


  • 3+ years' industry experience of chip and/or computer architecture.


  • 3+ years industry experience in Verilog, C/C++, and scripting language such as Python, Ruby or Perl


  • CPU or Graphics core verification experience


  • Experience with hardware emulation or FPGAs.


  • In depth knowledge of verification principles, testbenches, stimulus generation, System Verilog, UVM, and coverage closure.


  • Experience with hardware design for embedded systems.


  • Firmware development, with secure and non-secure boot flow.


  • Design experience or ability to write synthesizable code.


  • Software development experience.


  • Communication skills.


Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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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