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Job Description:
Join us as a Software Engineer II to help modernize the software toolchain behind our FPGA device families. This is a large-scale legacy modernization program transitioning a mature, long-lived EDA codebase onto a modern, cross platform foundation integrated with our current design environment.
The role owns subsystems within the modernized codebase, determines the technical approach for new assignments, and serves as a resource for complicated technical matters across the team.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design and implement components of the modernized codebase: module boundaries, interfaces, and coding conventions - contributing to the overall target architecture.
- Port assigned libraries from the legacy application, removing obsolete framework and platform dependencies while preserving functional behavior.
- Decompose legacy monolithic components into independent, headless executables.
- Resolve complex technical issues arising from 32-bit to 64-bit transition and cross-platform support across Windows and Linux.
- Analyze undocumented legacy subsystems and produce clear technical specifications from the findings.
- Coordinate work across SQA, EDA domain experts, IDE/UI, and documentation teams.
- Participate in design reviews, unit testing, and code reviews, and support enforcement of Microchip's Software Development Processes.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- 5 - 7.5 years of professional experience in software engineering.
- Strong C++ expertise, with working fluency in both modern C++ (C++17 or later) and legacy pre-standard idioms; solid object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.
- Demonstrated experience designing and owning components or subsystems within a large C++ codebase.
- Familiarity of legacy Windows desktop technologies (MFC, COM/ATL, or Win32).
- Cross-platform development experience on Windows and Linux, including CMake.
- Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Bash, TCL).
- Ability to determine methods and approach independently on new, loosely defined assignments and drive them to completion.
- Strong English communication skills, verbal and written, including the ability to produce clear technical specifications.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
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Skills Required
- Hands-on experience designing or validating complex FPGA features
- Strong FPGA design and hardware debugging skills
- Proficiency in VHDL and Verilog
- Good problem-solving skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment
- Experience with Linux, Perl, Python, or Tcl scripting
- Experience debugging and validating high-speed FPGA interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, or Ethernet
- Experience creating applications to validate FPGA designs
- Experience with embedded systems and RISC-V or ARM architecture
- Proficiency with at least one high-speed protocol such as PCIe, Ethernet, or DDR
- Familiarity with Vivado and Quartus
- Strong communication skills and ability to multitask
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage starts on the first day, and some sites provide on‑site clinics and fitness centers. Health insurance is characterized as generally positive and, in some cases, low‑cost.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a 15% discount and look‑back and broad‑based RSUs are available to employees. Active participation and company disclosures indicate these equity programs are widely accessible.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company match is offered across U.S. locations. Employer‑verified listings and location pages corroborate the availability of retirement benefits.
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What We Do
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading semiconductor supplier of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 125,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.
