Microsoft
Senior Design Verification Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA
Austin, TX - Experience
- Required: Doctorate + 1+ year, master's + 4+ years, bachelor's + 5+ years, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 7+ years in design verification; 3+ years in silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation.
- 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
Verifies custom silicon IP at block, subsystem, and system levels before and after fabrication, including test planning, execution, bring-up, and validation.
What you'll do
- Define pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation strategies; develop test plans and execute verification end to end.
- Develop UVM-based verification, close coverage, and support silicon bring-up and validation.
- Collaborate across engineering teams, provide technical mentorship, and adopt AI-based tools and agents.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in a related field plus 1+ year of technical engineering experience, or master's plus 4+ years, or bachelor's plus 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status to assess eligibility for access to export-controlled information.
Nice to have
- 7+ years in design verification, test planning, verification environments, test content, and debugging across IPs, subsystems, or SoCs.
- Experience in silicon bring-up and post-silicon validation; UVM, C/C++, firmware testing, architecture, or formal verification using Jasper.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base pay); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base pay)
Tools
UVM, C, C++, Jasper, FPGA
AI focus
Adopt AI-based tools and agents for efficient execution; preferred candidates can develop innovative solutions using AI.
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