Senior Validation Engineer

Microsoft

Mountain View, CA • 1h ago • Hybrid

Senior

Hybrid

119,800 - 234,700 USD/yr

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Quick Facts

  • Role: Senior Validation Engineer (Post-Silicon Validation)

  • Focus: AI System-on-Chip validation across functional, electrical, high-speed interfaces, memory, power/performance, and debug/tool domains

Description

Senior Validation Engineer role delivering post-silicon validation by developing validation strategies, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies, then implementing and executing test plans and silicon debug. You will triage and debug failures, collaborate with design and verification teams to improve validation plans and prevent bugs earlier, and provide technical leadership in your expertise area. Responsibilities also include contributing to pre-silicon verification planning, tests, and debug for your domain.

Responsibilities

  • Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies, including debug board and hardware/software requirements

  • Write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and verification collateral

  • Execute test content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failures

  • Engage with partners to continuously improve design and validation methodology

  • Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers

  • Collaborate across architects, logic designers, verification engineers, and post-silicon validators, including IP and tool providers

  • Provide technical leadership and deliver high-quality results on schedule

  • Apply expertise to pre-silicon verification plans, tests, and debug

Requirements

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year 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

  • Ability to meet security screening requirements (e.g., Cloud Background Check)

  • Eligibility to access export-controlled information (provide proof of citizenship or US residency/status)

Benefits

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation (details available via corporate pay information).

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