Principal Design Engineer

Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge technology that changes our world. Microsoft’s Silicon team builds custom silicon for a diverse set of systems ranging from innovative consumer products like Xbox to high-performance Azure cloud servers, clients, and augmented reality. 

We are looking for a Principal Design Engineer to work in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon team. The candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter who will thrive in this cutting-edge technical environment. 

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. 

Responsibilities

• Establish yourself as an integral member of a digital logic design team for the development of AI components with focus on micro-architectural based functions and features 
• Be responsible for 
  • Microarchitecture and Logic design/Register Transfer Level (RTL) entry 
  • Power, performance, area (PPA) closure of high-performance digital design 
  • Design quality: including Lint, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Reset Domain Crossing (RDC), power etc. 
  • Silicon validation 
• Collaborate with the verification team to ensure the implementation meets both architectural and micro-architectural intent 
• Interface with architecture, physical design (PD), design for test (DFT), and other teams to optimize tradeoffs within the design 
• Provide technical leadership through mentorship and teamwork

Qualifications

Required 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.
• 7+ years expertise in high-speed digital logic design including microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog or similar, PPA optimization, and design verification collaboration 
• Previous experience in the following: 
  • High-speed/high-performance data path design and optimization 
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and/or floating-point compute units 
  • Complex Intellectual Property (IP) development in Intra-chip high-speed data transmission fabric, cache memory hierarchies, near-memory computation solutions, processor/ accelerators 

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