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Senior CAD Software Engineer

Microsoft


Job Location:

Mountain View, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 119800 - 234700
Posted: 12 November 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 9 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

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 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 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.
  • Follow industry-standard 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
  • Take ownership of 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 Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 4 years technical engineering experience OR Bachelors 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 a condition of employment the successful candidate will be requiredto 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 meet this legal requirement and as a condition of employment the successful candidates citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents refugees and asylees may verify status using other documents where applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of software development experience.
  • Knowledge of common programming paradigms including object-oriented and functional programming.
  • Proven leadership skills with a track record of influencing stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in industry-standard programming and scripting languages such as Python Tcl Perl and C/C with Python preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently own maintain and drive complex software projects.
  • Knowledge of software development practices and software design patterns.
  • Experience owning and driving the end-to-end software development lifecycle for multiple complex projects.
  • Well-rounded understanding of silicon design tools flows and methodologies.
  • Expertise in Azure environments Azure security and DevOps concepts.
  • Experience with continuous integration systems and practices.
  • Understanding of computer architecture and CPU/SoC design principles.
  • Experience with design and verification execution flows and supporting infrastructure.


Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119800 - $234700 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 $160200 - $261000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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.


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