Principal Validation Engineer

What you'll do

• Bring up and validate AI SoCs, FPGA prototypes, and hardware platforms; investigate board-level issues and root causes.
• Develop electrical characterization plans, validation strategies, test plans, firmware, and automation infrastructure.
• Architect and maintain validation labs, collaborate across engineering teams, and mentor engineers.

What they ask for

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years technical engineering experience; or Master's degree and 6+ years; or Bachelor's degree 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 certain statuses.

Nice to have

• 10+ years of related technical engineering experience, with alternative degree and experience pathways stated in the posting.
• Experience in pre- and post-silicon validation, validation lab operations, PCB design flows, signal and power integrity, and silicon product cycles.

Pay

USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base pay); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base pay)

Tools

AI SoCs, FPGA, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR/HBM, JTAG, I2C, SPI

AI focus

Validates next-generation AI silicon, including silicon bring-up, electrical and functional validation, and hardware-platform integration.