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Senior SOC PCIe Verification Engineer

Microsoft

Microsoft

USD 119,800-234,700 / year
Posted on Jul 18, 2025

Senior SOC PCIe Verification Engineer

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

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Date posted
Jul 17, 2025
Job number
1847733
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Hardware Engineering
Discipline
Silicon Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsofts expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsofts 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 and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Compute Silicon and Manufacturing Organization (CSME) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for the Cobalt program through hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. CSME is at the forefront of innovation and application of AI to silicon development workflows. We are looking for senior engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for an Senior SOC PCIe Verification Engineer to join the team.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience
    • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of pre-silicon subsystem, System on Chip (SOC) or top-level verification experience.
  • 3+ years of experience verifying designs requiring expertise in Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) protocol.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of related technical engineering experience
    • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience
    • OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ year(s) technical engineering experience or internship experience.
    • OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Demonstrated experience in verifying designs that utilize Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) protocol
  • Experience with verification for a full product cycle from definition to silicon, including writing test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff
  • Experience creating, maintaining, or integrating test benches, checkers and stimulus using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), System Verilog Test Bench (SVTB), and/or C
  • Aptitude for writing scripts/software with industry standard languages like Python
  • Experience applying generative AI to day-to-day tasks
Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 27th, 2025.

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Responsibilities

  • Own verification of complex flows at the SOC/top level
  • Learn about the design and interact with partner teams to define verification strategies and test plans
  • Develop verification environments and run and debug simulations to drive quality
  • Apply random-stimulus and coverage-based techniques to find bugs and meet test plan goals
  • Innovate to improve verification efficiency through methodologies or tools
  • Apply industry leading generative AI solutions to verification work
  • Coach and mentor others in your areas of expertise
  • Demonstrate Microsoft core values: Customer Focus, Adaptability, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Drive for Results, Influence for Impact, Judgement, and Diversity & Inclusion
  • Embody our culture and values.


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.