Principal Silicon Design Verification Engineer

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Santa Clara, CA +4 · Silicon Engineering

This Principal Silicon Design Verification Engineer role focuses on validating complex ASIC SOCs for data processing units (DPUs) within Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. The engineer will lead functional validation using UVM/C test benches, perform pre-silicon and post-silicon validation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role involves developing test plans, C tests, and infrastructure, debugging failures, and innovating validation methodologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. As a Principal Engineer in the Data Processing Unit team, you will be validating silicon to solve complex problems in a datacenter.
  2. Lead key components of functional validation of complex ASIC SOC using UVM/C test bench
  3. Perform pre-silicon SoC verification, post-silicon validation by defining testing strategies
  4. Work with cross functional teams, architecture, design, verification, partner teams for project execution and influence next generation designs
  5. Develop test plan, C tests and infrastructure to complete functional validation of complex design and report bug/issues

Skills

Required

  • 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.
  • UVM/C verification methodology
  • Verilog
  • System Verilog
  • UVM based testbench environment
  • building UVM testbenches
  • managing regressions
  • meeting code coverage and functional coverage goals to successful tapeout

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of Ethernet, TCP/IP, ROCEv2, MAC/PCS, Networking NIC/Switches.
  • In depth understanding of processors and peripheral interconnect bus protocols and architectures

What the JD emphasized

  • 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.
  • 10+ years of experience in pre-silicon validation with a proven track record of delivering high performance Network switches/accelerators, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Vector processors and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU’s) or relevant experience.