Design Verification Engineer II

About the role

Microsoft’s Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team powers the “Intelligent Cloud” mission, delivering core infrastructure and foundational technologies for over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and Azure globally. The Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) organization within SCHIE handles design, development, manufacturing, and packaging of Microsoft's state-of-the-art computer chips, notably Azure Cobalt. The Verification & Validation (Verif&Val) team defines and delivers operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving planning, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability for Microsoft cloud hardware.

Responsibilities

• Own verification of one or more aspects/features of a custom IP/block or IP subsystem integration.
• Learn about the design and interact with partner teams to define verification strategies and test plans.
• Develop UVM-based or Formal verification environments and run and debug simulations to drive quality.
• Apply random-stimulus and coverage-based techniques to find bugs and meet test plan goals.
• Innovate to improve verification efficiency through methodologies or tools.
• Apply industry leading generative AI solutions to verification work.
• Coach and mentor others in your areas of expertise.
• Demonstrate Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ 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 US. residency or other protected status (e.g., under