Principal Validation Engineer

The Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team is seeking passionate, driven, and intellectually curious computer/electrical engineers 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 Principal Validation Engineer with expertise in one or more of the following validation domains: functional, electrical, high speed interfaces, memory, power/performance, debug/BU and tool development.

You will be part of the Post-Silicon Validation team in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon Org.

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.  

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Responsibilities

• Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements
• Apply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and other verification collateral
• Execute content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failures
• Apply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environment
• Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement to design, validation plans/collateral, and methodology to prevent, reduce, and/or find bugs sooner, more easily, or more reliably
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertise
• Collaborate with and influence architects, logic designers, verification engineers, other post-silicon validators, and IP and tool providers
• Delight your customers by providing high quality results on schedule
• Provide technical leadership with respect and integrity
• Apply your expertise towards pre-silicon verification plans, tests, and debug of your area

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.
• 5+ years of experience in Computer Architecture and SoC validation principles, including: 
  • Broad understanding of SoC subsystem, SoC system level, and platform level functionality 
  • Writing scripts/software with industry standard languages such as Python or C/C++.  
• 4+ years of experience in driving Post-Silicon validation and characterization and successful execution.

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 wil