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Senior Validation Engineer

Microsoft


Job Location:

Mountain View, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 119800 - 234700
Posted: 10 November 2026 (7 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 7 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

The Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team is seeking passionate driven and intellectually curious computer/electrical engineers to deliver premium-quality designs once considered impossible. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge AI designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in an extremely efficient manner.

We are looking for a Senior Validation Engineer with expertise in one or more of the following validation domains : functional electrical high speed interfaces memory power/performance debug/BU and tool development. You will be part of the Post-Silicon Validation team in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon Org.

Microsofts mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect integrity and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positivelyimpactour culture every day.



Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Develop validation strategy requirements environments tools and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements
  • Apply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content scripts tools and other verification collateral
  • Execute content in post-silicon triage and debug failures
  • Apply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environment
  • Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement to design validation plans/collateral and methodology to prevent reduce and/or find bugs sooner more easily or more reliably
  • Provide technical guidance coaching and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertise
  • Collaborate with and influence architects logic designers verification engineers other post-silicon validators and IP and tool providers
  • Delight your customers by providing high quality results on schedule
  • Provide technical leadership with respect and integrity
  • Apply your expertise towards pre-silicon verification plans tests and debug of your area


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 are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/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 US. 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 Requirements:

  • Demonstrated success in running cross-disciplinary taskforces

  • Verification logic design or validation experience as part of a CPU SoC and/or IP development team.

  • Leadership skills

  • Experience with high-speed IO (ethernet PCIe)

  • Understanding of board level schematics

  • Understanding of system level software and firmware

  • Demonstrated success in hardware/software debug efforts

  • Expertise debugging silicon failures using on chip debug features (like trace or JTAG) as well as test equipment (like protocol analyzers bit error rate testers logic analyzers high speed oscilloscopes)


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.


Required Experience:

IC