Silicon Engineer

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential - and excitement for the journey ahead. 

​​As a Silicon Engineer, you will work with progressive, motivated, diverse, and exceptionally creative people to design and manufacture Silicon and IP for areas such as Cloud Computing, AI, Xbox, and security. We have jobs in a wide range of disciplines within silicon development including architecture, design, verification, physical design, firmware, product validation, data analytics and lab validation. Our teams incubate advanced technologies and build deep partnerships with Microsoft Research, Product Planning and Marketing. We're looking for the best and brightest to join us in designing for the future!    ​ 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Required Qualifications:

• ​​Bachelor's Degree (or currently pursuing ) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field ​ 
• ​​ OR 4+ years technical engineering experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ​​5+ years technical engineering experience ​ 
  • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience ​ 
  • OR Master's degree (or currently pursuing a Master’s Degree)  in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. ​ 

Silicon Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $81,900 - $160,200 per year.
There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $105,600 - $174,600 per year.

Silicon Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 per year.
There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $127,200 - $208,800 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

• ​​Research new tools, technologies, or methods for project implementation and provides recommendations to project team members as to which tool is appropriate. ​ 

• ​​Uses performance instrumentation and presents results to team and architects. ​ 

• ​​Think strategically, creatively, and innovate ways to communicate and visualize user experiences.  ​ 

• ​​Implements or recommends technical solutions to common quality and design challenges, with guidance from others (including but not limited to logic design, verification, circuit design, physical design, and design for test

• ​​Uses standard practices to write complete design verification test cases, test benches, or automation. ​ 

• ​​Assists in writing tests for formal pre-silicon verification of subsystems within a single block; includes the use of simulation and emulation tools, as well as tests for signal integrity, to prevent bugs/failures before production  ​ 
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