Senior Soc Verification Engineer

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Redmond, WA +4 · Silicon Engineering

This role is for a Senior SoC Verification Engineer responsible for pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation of custom IP components for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. The engineer will define and execute verification strategies, develop test benches, and collaborate with various teams. The role also involves supporting basic firmware development and silicon bring-up activities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Establish yourself as an integral member of a pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation team for the development of custom Intellectual Property (IP) components
  2. Define pre-Si verification (simulation/emulation/FPGA-testing) and post-Si validation strategies
  3. Execute end-to-end verification plans at sub-system or system level
  4. C/C++ based test bench infrastructure and test development, debugging and driving final verification milestones.
  5. Support basic firmware development for industry standard CPUs.

Skills

Required

  • 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.

Nice to have

  • 7+ years of experience in design verification, developing test plans, creating verification environments, creating test content, and debugging for multiple IPs, sub-systems and or System on Chips(SOCs).
  • 4+ years of experience in silicon bring-up, post-silicon validation for complex Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASIC) or System on Chip(SOC).
  • Extensive experience in sub-system and full-chip level end-to-end verification, including test-plan development, execution, and debugging.
  • Strong hold on C/C++ programming and experience in developing and debugging C based test infrastructure
  • Experience in developing test FW for any industry standard processors including, boot flow, interrupt handling, memory allocation
  • In depth knowledge of verification principles, testbenches, stimulus generation, coverage based verification, coverage closure
  • Experience in chip bring-up and silicon validation for complex SoC
  • Experience in CPU based verification with experience in working with FW teams
  • Solid understanding of chip and/or computer architecture
  • Excellent communication skills and works with the team in a collaborative setting
  • Energetic and self-motivated
  • Can come up with innovative solutions and has growth mind set
  • Background in creating UVM Test Benches, devel

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
  • This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations