Principal Front End CAD Software Engineer

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering and Solutions Team is seeking a security focused software engineer to join our central software team. This team drives state-of-the-art converged solutions, software tools, and automation to support silicon design areas such as Register Transfer Level (RTL) & Intellectual Property (IP)Design, Design Verification, Validation,Design for Test (DFT), Emulation, Physical Design Handoff and IP integratiom. This role supports software security efforts within the team and brings experience in application security engineering as well as general software engineering best practices to existing and new designs.  

We are looking for a Principal Front End CAD Software Engineer to join our team

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

• Be a leader of a central Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software team that drives common methodologies for System on chip (SoC) and Intellectual Property design.  
• Lead security and software best practices within the CAD team. 
• Design software solutions that prioritize security. 
• Be the expert in your domain and act in partnership with the execution team.  
• Work with stakeholders across the Microsoft Silicon group to collect software and security requirements.  
• Develop, enhance, and integrate CAD Flows and automation for organization-wide use. 
•  Embody our Culture and Values  

Qualifications

Qualifications   

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Software development
• 5+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure
• 5+ years of experience in Secure Software Development

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

Additional Preferred:   

• Extensive knowledge of common programming paradigms (Object-Oriented, Functional, etc)   
• Leadership skills with proven track record of leading small teams and influencing stakeholders. 
• Experienced writing scripts/software with industry standard languages like P