Microsoft · 1 month ago
Principal Validation Engineer
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Principal Validation Engineer for their Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team, which is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge AI designs. The role involves developing validation strategies and methodologies, executing post-silicon validation, and providing technical guidance to other engineers.
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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
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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
To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport
Preferred
Applied understanding of Computer Architecture and SoC validation principles
Broad understanding of SoC subsystem, SoC system level, and platform level functionality
Writing scripts/software with industry standard languages such as Python or C/C++
Leadership experience driving Post-Silicon validation and characterization and successful execution
Demonstrated success in running cross-disciplinary taskforces
Verification, logic design or validation experience as part of a CPU, SoC and/or IP development team
Proven 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
Communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to lead, grow, and contribute to diverse and inclusive teams
Hands on 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)
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
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