The Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering organisation is seeking an engineer to join our Central Analog Computer-Aided Desing (CAD) Tools, Flows and Methodology (TFM) group leading physical verification across a multitude of technology nodes. This team drives state-of-the-art converged solutions, automation, and quality assurance checks across the analog and custom digital design domain from schematic entry through tape-out.  This team supports numerous simultaneous projects within Microsoft by developing workflows for our design engineers so that they can deliver cutting-edge silicon solutions for Microsoft. 

We are seeking a Senior Analog Computer-Aided Design Engineer to join our team!

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Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the central CAD organization as well as across design teams to align roadmap for physical verification needs for custom IP as developed for Microsoft Silicon projects.

• Maintain internal tooling used by design teams to execute physical verification tasks including LVS, DRC, ERC, and PERC.

• Provide guidance and expertise to design teams when assessing new rules or debugging errors.

• Audit physical verification settings to ensure alignment with internal customers and foundry partners.

• Proactively engage with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) vendors to optimize flows with the latest cutting-edge technology.

• Develop and maintain regression and test cases to exercise updates to rule decks and tool versions.

• Identify opportunities for custom rule decks that enhance physical verification beyond vendor-provided flows.

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of related technical engineering experience

o OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience

o OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience

o OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

3+ years of experience with physical verification tools such as Siemens Calibre, Cadence Pegasus/PVS, Synopsys ICV or similar.

3+ years of experience using Linux for day-to-day activities in a professional or personal capacity.

3+ years of experience collaborating with a broad group of engineers to solve challenging problems.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent work experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience

• 7+ years of experience in analog/custom IP design and/or CAD tool development in the physical verification domain

• Understanding of object-oriented programming in languages such as Python or Ruby

• Experience with git and continuous integration systems

• In-depth experience writing custom DRC and LVS decks

• In-depth experience with PERC debug and analysis

• Familiarity with SKILL programming language for use in Virtuoso

• Familiarity with layout construction in Cadence Virtuoso and/or Synopsys Custom Compiler in Advanced Nodes

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Sept 17, 2024.

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