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, OneDrive, 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 and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.
The Microsoft Silicon Engineering and Solutions Team is seeking a passionate and driven software engineer to be a technical leader for our central software team. This team drives state-of-the-art converged solutions, software tools, DevOps workflows and automation to support silicon design areas such as RTL & VIP Design, Design Verification, Validation, DFT, Emulation, PD Handoff and IP integration.
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Responsibilities
In the Senior CAD DevOps Software role, you will:
Be a leader in a central CAD Software team that develops a common tool stack to internal SoC and IP designs.
Lead technical strategy and execution for CAD DevOps workflows, including CI/CD, cloud-based EDA environments, and automation frameworks.
Lead software practices within the CAD Software team.
Work in close collaboration with the CAD Hardware and Compute infrastructure teams.
Design software solutions and documentation that scale to a large user base.
Be the expert in your domain and act in partnership with the execution team.
Work with stakeholders across the Microsoft Silicon groups to collect software requirements.
Develop, enhance, and integrate CAD Flows and automation for organization-wide use.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screening:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position is required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or 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 U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Preferred Qualifications:
- BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of experience in Software development.
- Knowledge of common programming paradigms (Object-Oriented, Functional, etc)
- Leadership skills with proven track record of influencing stakeholders.
- Experienced writing software with industry standard languages like Python, TCL, Perl, C/C++ (Python preferred)
- Expertise to own, maintain and drive complex Software projects independently.
- Expertise in Software Development practices.
- Experience owning and driving end to end software development life cycle for multiple complex software projects.
- MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of relevant experience.
- Understanding of software design patterns.
- Well-rounded and familiar with silicon design Tools, Flows and Methodologies.
- Expertise in Azure environments, Azure Security and DevOps concepts
- Experience with continuous integration systems.
- Expertise in Computer Architecture, as well as CPU/SoC design principles.
- Exposure to Design and Verification execution and flows/infrastructure that is used
Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus 1+ year of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus 4+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus 5+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter
- Provide proof of citizenship, permanent residency, or other protected status for export-control eligibility assessment
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms
- Leadership experience and a proven record of influencing stakeholders
- Experience writing software in Python, Tcl, Perl, C, or C++
- Expertise independently owning and driving complex software projects
- Expertise in software development practices and design patterns
- Experience owning end-to-end software development lifecycles for multiple complex projects
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Familiarity with silicon design tools, flows, and methodologies
- Expertise in Azure environments, Azure Security, and DevOps concepts
- Experience with continuous integration systems
- Expertise in computer architecture and CPU/SoC design principles
- Exposure to design and verification execution flows and infrastructure
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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