New 
Principal Design Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, North Carolina, Raleigh | |
 Jul 25, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft 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 and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. We are looking for a Principal Design Engineer to work in the dynamic Microsoft Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) Silicon 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.
ResponsibilitiesOwn and drive the development of microarchitecture and RTL design, coding, and verification of complex IP blocks, including:Mixed-signal IPsHigh-speed interfacesDie-to-Die (D2D) communication linksEnsure IP designs meet stringent power, performance, and timing goals.Develop constraints, power intent, synthesis, and perform static checks such as:LINTCDC (Clock Domain Crossing)DRC (Design Rule Checking)Develop basic test benches.Support verification, DFT (Design for Test), and post-silicon validation activities in collaboration with verification and product teams.Collaborate effectively with:ArchitectsAnalog mixed-signal designersVerification engineersPhysical design and DFT teamsOther front-end designersAlign development methodologies with broader teams.Drive continuous improvement of RTL development processes for scalable execution. | |