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About the Role
The Artificial Intelligence SOC team is seeking a Principal DFT Engineer to define and deliver operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving planning, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. This role is instrumental in managing and optimizing the Cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Lead DFT strategy and execution across multiple projects, ensuring alignment with overall chip design goals.
- Define and implement DFT architecture, including scan insertion, boundary scan, MBIST, and JTAG.
- Collaborate with RTL, physical design, and verification teams to integrate DFT features seamlessly.
- Manage ATPG and pattern generation, ensuring high fault coverage and test efficiency.
- Oversee post-silicon bring-up and debug, including test program development and failure analysis.
- Drive tool and flow development for DFT automation and optimization.
- Ensure compliance with manufacturing test requirements, including support for ATE platforms.
- Mentor and guide DFT engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices.
- Track project milestones and deliverables, reporting status and risks to leadership.
- Evaluate emerging DFT methodologies and tools, recommending improvements to enhance test quality and productivity.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Requires access to information controlled for export under export control regulations.
- Successful candidate will be required to provide proof of country of citizenship or US residency or other protected status for assessment of eligibility to access export-controlled information.
- Successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.
- Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
Skills
- DFT scan insertion
- Custom Memory BIST design and verification
- Siemens DFT tools
- RTL debug
- Gate level simulation debug
Location
- U.S.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal
Education Level
- Doctorate
- Master's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (U.S. base pay range)
- USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area base pay range)
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
About the Company
- Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.
- SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.
- Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.
Equal Opportunity
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.