Senior Design Verification Engineer

Job Title

Senior Design Verification Engineer

Role Summary

Join Microsoft Silicon within SCHIE to lead pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation for custom IP, subsystems, and SoC-level blocks that support Microsoft Cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on defining verification and validation strategies, executing end-to-end verification plans, and collaborating with architecture, design, firmware/software, product engineering, and vendors.

Experience Level

Senior. Prefer candidates with substantial verification experience (posting indicates 7+ years preferred in design verification and multiple IPs/sub-systems). The role expects expertise in block- and sub-system-level verification and silicon validation.

Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities are pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation for custom IP and subsystems:

• Define and implement pre-silicon verification (simulation, emulation, FPGA) and post-silicon validation strategies and test plans.
• Execute end-to-end verification plans at block, sub-system, and system levels.
• Develop and maintain UVM-based verification environments and drive coverage closure.
• Create C-based testbenches and use basic C/C++ for test infrastructure.
• Plan and execute silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation activities.
• Collaborate across teams to enable reuse of verification components and ensure comprehensive testing.
• Provide technical leadership through mentorship and cross-team coordination.
• Adopt and apply AI-based tools and agents to improve verification efficiency.

Requirements

Key technical requirements and strong preferred skills for this role.

• Proven experience with UVM-based verification methodology and coverage-driven verification.
• Experience executing block- and sub-system-level verification and debugging complex IPs/SOCs.
• Practical knowledge of silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation flows and tooling.
• Ability to develop, run, and debug C-based test infrastructure; familiarity with C/C++.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, design, firmware/software, product engineering, and vendors.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills; able to lead technical discussions and mentor engineers.
• Familiarity with formal verification tools (e.g., Jasper) is a plus.
• Experience developing firmware for standard processors (boot flow, interrupts, memory handling) is a plus.

Education Requirements

Posting specifies degree or equivalent experience options: Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ years technical experience; OR Master’s degree in those fields with 4+ years; OR Bachelor’s degree in those fields with 5+ years; OR equivalent experience. Preferred: B.S. or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar.

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.