Microsoft
Principal Design Verification Engineer
$143K–$304K
Austin, TX +5 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Redmond, WA
Raleigh, NC
Hillsboro, OR
Boise, ID
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 3+ years with a doctorate, 6+ years with a master's degree, or 8+ years with a bachelor's degree; equivalent experience. Preferred: 12+ years in design verification and 5+ years in lead roles.
- Education
- Doctorate, Master's, or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads pre-silicon design verification for custom IP and SoC hardware, developing verification plans, test environments, and coverage while guiding a verification team.
What you'll do
- Lead pre-silicon verification for custom IP, including test planning, constrained-random testing, scoreboards, checkers, and assertions.
- Develop UVM components, functional coverage, and verification infrastructure; debug simulation and emulation failures and drive coverage closure.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and cross-team collaboration.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in a related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience, or Master's and 6+ years, or Bachelor's and 8+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide citizenship or qualifying status documentation for export-control eligibility assessment.
Nice to have
- 12+ years of design verification experience; experience leading cross-functional engineering teams.
- Experience with C++, UVM, RTL, AI/ML SoCs, scripting such as Python or Perl, or formal property verification.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), C++, Python, Perl, RTL, makefiles
AI focus
Preferred experience includes working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) SoCs.
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