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Principal Silicon Design Verification Engineer

Job in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95052, USA
Listing for: Microsoft
Full Time, Part Time position
Listed on 2026-10-23
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, Hardware Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 142800 - 274800 USD Yearly USD 142800.00 274800.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job d:

Location:

United States, California, Santa Clara Salary: USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site: 3 days / week in-office

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel:
Less than 25%
Profession:
Hardware Engineering Discipline:
Silicon Engineering Company:
Microsoft Overview Microsoft  Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, One Drive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.

Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.#azurehwjobs#SCHIEResponsibilities

As a Principal Engineer - ASIC verification in the Data Processing Unit team you will be validating silicon to solve complex problems in a datacenter. You will interact with the architecture team to develop a programmable silicon implementation. This position is expected to be highly visible and impactful. The vast breadth of domains required to build our DPU silicon gives the perfect opportunity to experience different areas of expertise.

The depth required to solve complex engineering problems utilizes your experience and provides you with the perfect platform to shine and grow to the next stage in your career. Responsibilities:
As a Principal Engineer in the Data Processing Unit team, you will be validating silicon to solve complex problems in a datacenter.

Lead key components of functional validation of complex ASIC SOC using UVM/C test bench

Perform pre-silicon SoC verification, post-silicon validation by defining testing strategies

Work with cross functional teams, architecture, design, verification, partner teams for project execution and influence next generation designs

Develop test plan, C tests and infrastructure to complete functional validation of complex design and report bug/issues

Running tests, debugging failures, creating stress and performance scenarios to meet test plan goals

Actively participate in chip bring up and write test firmware to support various teams

Innovate to improve validation efficiency through methodologies and tools

Coach and mentor others in your areas of expertise

Demonstrate Microsoft core values:
Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion 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.

Other Qualifications 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…
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