Principal Product Engineer

Job Title

Principal Product Engineer

Role Summary

Join Microsoft's Silicon Manufacturing and Product Engineering (SMPE) team within Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) to lead product and test engineering for new ASIC/SoC development and high-volume manufacturing. The role focuses on pre- and post-silicon bring-up, ATE test program implementation, power and performance tuning, manufacturing readiness, and cross-functional program execution.

Experience Level

Senior role. Candidates are expected to have substantial hands-on experience in semiconductor product development, validation, and manufacturing. See Education Requirements for the degree/experience combinations considered equivalent.

Responsibilities

This role leads product engineering activities from definition through launch and scale.

• Lead product/test engineering for new IC/SoC development, bring-up, and manufacturing qualification.
• Drive pre-silicon and first-silicon readiness for power, performance, thermal behavior, and power-delivery features (LDOs, integrated VRs).
• Implement and optimize ATE test programs to meet SOC power/TDP goals and enable binning strategies.
• Collaborate with platform/system engineers to correlate ATE results with system-level behavior and enable performance tuning.
• Define manufacturing fuse requirements and manage end-to-end fuse data flows across test sockets.
• Manage external vendors, coordinate cross-functional teams, and lead sub-projects within larger development programs.
• Drive sample delivery, quality and quantity milestones across the product lifecycle.

Requirements

Required technical skills and operational competencies. See Education Requirements for degree and equivalent-experience rules.

• Hands-on experience with semiconductor IC development, fabrication, testing, and packaging.
• Practical experience with ATE test program development, test bring-up, characterization, debug, and yield analysis.
• Knowledge of DFT, silicon fabrication processes, product qualification & reliability, and basic transistor theory.
• Experience driving power/performance modeling and tuning, including ATE binning optimization and related characterization.
• Experience defining and implementing fuse strategies and managing associated data flows.
• Strong project leadership with experience managing vendors and leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to work across validation platforms (ATE, RVP, customer boards) and perform failure analysis and yield recovery activities.
• Must be able to meet required security screenings and export-control compliance; candidate must be able to present documentation of citizenship or residency when required.
• Nice-to-have: Advantest V93K ATE experience, experience in high-performance computing/AI SoCs (GPUs/CPUs), and platform/system validation background.

Education Requirements

Doctorate (PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field + 3+ years technical engineering experience; OR Master's degree in the same fields + 6+ years; OR Bachelor's degree in the same fields + 8+ years; OR equivalent practical experience. Fields explicitly referenced: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical fields.

About the Company

Company: Microsoft

Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States

Microsoft is a global technology company that develops and sells software, services, devices, and solutions. Known for its Windows operating system, Office suite, and Azure cloud platform, Microsoft aims to empower individuals and organizations around the world to achieve more. The company fosters a culture of innovation and inclusion, focusing on delivering trusted experiences to customers and partners globally.