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 developer 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 CAD Software DevOps Engineer role, you will:
Be a developer in a central CAD Software team that owns a common tool stack to internal SoC and IP designs.
Create and maintain CAD DevOps workflows, including CI/CD, cloud-based EDA environments, and automation frameworks.
Follow 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 skillful 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:
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ 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.
- 4+ years of experience in Software development.
- Knowledge of common programming paradigms (Object-Oriented, Functional, etc)
- 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 IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, plus at least 1 year of technical engineering experience; or bachelor's degree in a related field plus at least 2 years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Eligibility to access export-controlled information under applicable U.S., EU, or other export control regulations, verified through citizenship, permanent residency, or other protected-status documentation.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 4 years of software development experience.
- Knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms.
- Experience writing software in Python, Tcl, Perl, C, or C++, with Python preferred.
- Experience independently owning and driving complex software projects and end-to-end software development lifecycles.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 6 years of relevant experience.
- Understanding of software design patterns.
- 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.
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is described as comprehensive, with U.S. plans covering preventive care at 100% and limiting annual out-of-pocket costs. Mental-health counseling, employee assistance, and wellbeing resources are also emphasized.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, family-caregiver leave, childcare assistance, and family concierge services are highlighted as core elements. These supports are presented alongside parenting and family-planning resources.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Vacation, holidays, and flexible work schedules are emphasized, with generous time-away policies noted. Leave options extend beyond standard vacation to include caregiver and parental programs.
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