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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