Lead physical design verification for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure chips.
Compensation
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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Responsibilities
Work closely with Physical Design Engineers on LVS, DRC, ERC, Antenna fixes
Drive full chip integration for physical design verification, signoff and Tape‑outs
Collaborate with clock, analog, integration teams on routing, power delivery, block integration
Work with 3pIP and 1pIP teams for SOC‑IP handshake
Work with CAD team, tool vendors, foundry and partners to develop and validate new tools, flows, runsets
Requirements
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Nice to have: BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Nice to have: 5+ years of experience in semiconductor chip design/SOC physical design
The full custom IC layout group is looking for a candidate to design the layout for digital and analog circuits based on schematics using industry leading CAD tools and cutting edge foundry technology.
Responsibilities
Create clean, robust layouts for digital and analog building blocks at the transistor level in Cadence Virtuoso.
Floorplan, route, and assemble lower-level cells into macros
Build black-box/abstract models and views consumed by other teams; contribute to tapeout collateral for custom blocks.
Run hierarchical checks at cell/macro levels (DRC, LVS, ERC, EM/IR, Latch-up/ESD) and iterate to closure in partnership with circuit owners.
Explore and leverage AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve layout productivity, verification efficiency, and design quality.
Requirements
Electrical Engineering Degree
Mechanical Engineering Degree
Electronics related Diploma
Nice to have: CMOS device/circuit theory
Nice to have: analog/digital layout best practices
Nice to have: experience with floorplanning, device placement, routing, matching, shielding, power distribution, extraction, DRC, LVS, ERC, antenna, density, reliability, or physical-verification closure
Nice to have: experience with layout and physical-verification tools, scripting, automation, process-design kits, advanced process nodes, or design-for-manufacturing methods