Principal Silicon Design Methodology Engineer

Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsofts expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsofts Intelligent Cloud mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsofts 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 deliveringtrustedexperience to customers and partnersworldwideand we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsofts cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal the Front-End CAD team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing improving the planning process quality delivery scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for a Silicon Design Methodology Engineer to join the FE CAD team.

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• Own one or more libraries design/qualification end to end specification RTL/behavioral modeling verification static qualifications and release youre expected to be accountable for the library IPs design quality across all consuming silicon projects.
• Drive front-end qualification of library IPs through Lint CDC RDC synthesis and low-power checks and drive them to clean reproducible multi-project releases for concurrent silicon programs.
• Build and maintain qualification and regression pipelines for library triage failures root cause and drive them to closure.

• Act as the front-line technical owner for partner-reported issues against library IP: root cause failures and integration issues in partner environments reproduce against standalone libraries and deliver fixes with a predictable turnaround.
• Partner with SoC design DV methodology physical design and EDA vendor teams to align library behavior qualification criteria and release readiness; drive resolution of cross-team technical issues.

• Provide functional leadership to a team of front-end CAD engineers: set technical direction review designs and PRs mentor engineers and improve backlogsprintand release hygiene.

• Communicate statusriskand release readiness clearly to engineering leadership and partner stakeholders across time zonesanddemonstrategrowth mindset.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• At least 6 years of experience in front-end digital design and development.

• At least 2 years of experience taking IP through front-end qualificationincluding lint clock-domain crossing (CDC) reset-domain crossing (RDC) synthesis and low-power checksand release.

• Understanding of standard cells mapping memories and behavioral design modeling.

• Ability to analyze the functionality and connectivity of existing IP and implement incremental design improvements.

• Hands-on experience with IP design simulation and debugging workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering ComputerScienceor equivalent work experience.

• 6 years of relevant experience.

• End-to-end ownership of shared design/verification libraries and multi-projectconsumption.

• Knowledge of the front-end VLSI design lifecycle with demonstrated contributions to design methodology improvements.

• Experience developing andmaintainingCI/CD pipelines for design andverificationworkflows.

• Experience applying AI-assisted techniques to improve design andverification ofproductivity.

• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring skills.

Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft customer and/or government security screening requirements arerequiredfor this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.