New 
Principal Validation Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, California, Mountain View | |
 Oct 07, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Artificial Intelligence Silicon Engineering team is seeking passionate, driven, and intellectually curious computer/electrical engineers to deliver premium-quality designs once considered impossible. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge AI designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in an extremely efficient manner. We are looking for a Principal Validation Engineer with expertise in one or more of the following validation domains: functional, electrical, high speed interfaces, memory, power/performance, debug/BU and tool development. You will be part of the Post-Silicon Validation team in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon Org. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positivelyimpactour culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesDevelop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirementsApply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and other verification collateralExecute content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failuresApply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environmentEngage with partners to drive continuous improvement to design, validation plans/collateral, and methodology to prevent, reduce, and/or find bugs sooner, more easily, or more reliablyProvide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertiseCollaborate with and influence architects, logic designers, verification engineers, other post-silicon validators, and IP and tool providersDelight your customers by providing high quality results on scheduleProvide technical leadership with respect and integrityApply your expertise towards pre-silicon verification plans, tests, and debug of your area | |