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Senior Circuit Design Engineer

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Austin, TX, USA
120K-261K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Austin, TX, USA
120K-261K Annually
Senior level
Designs SRAM and register-file solutions for SoCs, addressing power, performance, and area challenges. Collaborates with process technology teams on advanced DTCO methods, develops statistical timing, power, and EMIR characterization methodologies, performs IP quality assurance, creates post-silicon characterization plans, and automates engineering workflows through scripting. The role also provides layout guidance, supports yield and reliability efforts, and offers technical guidance across multiple SoC programs.
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Overview

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for a Senior Circuit Design Engineer to help achieve that mission. 

  

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Semi and Custom IP team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for a Senior Circuit Design Engineer with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.  


We are looking for a Senior Circuit Design Engineer to join the team. 

 
 


Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with SoC designers to develop Memory SRAM and Register file solutions to difficult PPA challenges.
  • Work with internal and external process technology teams to understand and exploit advanced process DTCO knobs.
  • Devise methodologies for statistical analysis and timing/power/EMIR characterization.
  • Run quality assurance checks on IP collateral.
  • Develop IP and post-silicon characterization plans for inclusion on advanced process technology testchips.
  • Develop scripting automation for flows.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's 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 regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in SRAM or Register file design.
  • 5+ years of experience in timing, power, EMIR characterization.
  • Experience in SRAM and Register File design in advanced process technologies.
  • Understanding of SRAM write and read assist techniques.
  • Understanding of process technology and DTCO.
  • Understanding of layout and provide guidance to layout design.
  • Experience in yield and reliability.
  • Experience in providing technical guidance to other engineers and multitasking across multiple SoC programs.
  • Ability to concisely communicate design value propositions and risks.
  • Effective debug skills. 

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Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay


This 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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