Microsoft
Principal Test Engineer
$143K–$304K
Hillsboro, OR +3 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Hillsboro, OR
Austin, TX
Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- Required: 3+ years with a doctorate, 6+ years with a master's degree, or 8+ years with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred thresholds include 5+ years in IC development and 5+ years in product and test engineering; preferred education-linked experience thresholds are 5+ years with a doctorate, 8+ years with a master's, or 12+ years with a bachelor's degree.
- Education
- Doctorate, master's, or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develop and support scan-focused silicon test engineering for new product development and semiconductor manufacturing, from test-program bring-up through debug and yield analysis.
What you'll do
- Support silicon bring-up, validation, manufacturing readiness, and IC development across fabrication, manufacturing test, and packaging.
- Develop and bring up ATE test programs, including scan-pattern integration, characterization, debug, and yield analysis.
- Collaborate with design, DFT, product, and manufacturing teams on scan-test readiness, coverage, failure analysis, and issue resolution.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience; or Master's degree in one of these fields and 6+ years; or Bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 8+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. residency, or other protected status for export-control eligibility assessment; citizenship is verified with a valid passport, with alternative documents applicable to lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.
Nice to have
- Experience in integrated circuit development, product and test engineering, scan/ATPG, and ATE test-program development and debug.
- Experience with complex SoCs or chips, cross-functional project work, Linux-based environments, and probability, statistics, or DOE concepts.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
ATE, ATPG, JTAG, Linux, Advantest 93K, SAF/TDF
AI focus
Exposure to product domains such as AI and GPUs may apply to assigned projects; no specific AI development work is stated.
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