Principal Validation Engineer
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Mountain View, CA - USA
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Job Summary
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 Principal Validation Engineer to join the Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon this role you will play a key role in silicon bring-up Electrical and functional validation and lab infrastructure development for next-generation AI silicon. You will work across silicon validation board design electrical engineering FPGA prototyping and system integration enabling successful execution from first silicon through product readiness.
The ideal candidate combines strong post-silicon validation experience with hands-on expertise in hardware platforms electrical engineering board-level debug and lab operations.
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Responsibilities
- Silicon bring-up and validation of complex AI SoCs FPGA prototypes and hardware platforms.
- Drive board-level debug and root-cause analysis across silicon firmware power delivery clocks resets and high-speed interfaces.
- Partner with PCB Package Power Mechanical Signal Integrity Design Verification and Architecture teams to develop and validate hardware platforms.
- Review schematics PCB layouts power architecture and board designs to ensure robust validation and bring-up readiness.
- Define and execute electrical characterization plans including power thermal margining and high-speed interface validation.
- Develop validation strategies test plans firmware and automation infrastructure for pre-silicon and post-silicon environments.
- Architect deploy and maintain validation labs including rack infrastructure FPGA platforms automation frameworks and lab instrumentation.
- Utilize lab equipment including oscilloscopes logic analyzers protocol analyzers waveform generators power analyzers and environmental systems to debug complex hardware and system issues.
- Drive system integration and debug across PCIe Ethernet DDR/HBM JTAG I2C SPI UART and other platform interfaces.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence next-generation silicon board and platform designs.
- Improve validation efficiency through innovative debug methodologies automation and lab workflows.
- Mentor engineers in hardware bring-up lab debugging electrical engineering fundamentals and validation methodologies.
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 3 years technical engineering experience
- OR Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 6 years technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 8 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 Qualifications:
- 10 years of related technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 4 years technical engineering experience or internship experience
- OR Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 3 years technical engineering experience or internship experience
- OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field.
- 10 years of experience in pre-silicon and post-silicon validation with a proven track record of delivering high performance Central Processing Unit (CPU) Vector processors and Graphics Processing Unit (GPUs) or relevant experience.
- Experience leading validation lab planning deployment operation and scaling activities.
- Experience with PCB design flows schematic capture signal integrity power integrity and board manufacturing processes.
- Experience supporting multiple silicon product cycles from platform definition through production.
- Understanding of power delivery networks voltage regulators clocking architectures and thermal systems.
- Experience driving cross-functional execution with EE ME firmware design architecture and validation teams.
- Excellent communication leadership and problem-solving skills.
Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142800 - $274800 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 $188000 - $304200 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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