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Senior CAD Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Mountain View, CAJob$160–261K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$160–261K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Job overview

Microsoft’s Silicon Engineering and Solutions Team seeks a senior software engineer to lead its central CAD Software team. The team develops shared tools, DevOps workflows, and automation supporting silicon design, verification, validation, and integration. The role leads technical strategy and execution for CAD workflows and collaborates with hardware, infrastructure, and silicon stakeholders to develop scalable software solutions and organization-wide CAD flows.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Object-Oriented ProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingPythonTclPerlC/C++Software Development PracticesSoftware Design PatternsSilicon DesignAzureAzure SecurityDevOpsContinuous IntegrationComputer ArchitectureCPU/SoC DesignDesign VerificationLeadershipStakeholder InfluenceProject Ownership

Qualifications

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field or Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field or Equivalent Experience1+ Year Technical Engineering Experience4+ Years Technical Engineering Experience5+ Years Technical Engineering Experience6+ Years Software Development ExperienceMicrosoft Cloud Background CheckCitizenship or Permanent Residency or Other Protected Status

Full job description

Overview

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 and we are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering and Solutions Team is seeking a passionate and driven software engineer to be a technical leader for our central software team. This team drives state-of-the-art converged solutions, software tools, DevOps workflows and automation to support silicon design areas such as RTL & VIP Design, Design Verification, Validation, DFT, Emulation, PD Handoff and IP integration.

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Responsibilities

In the Senior CAD Software role, you will:

  • Be a leader in a central CAD Software team that develops a common tool stack to internal SoC and IP designs.

  • Lead technical strategy and execution for CAD DevOps workflows, including CI/CD, cloud-based EDA environments, and automation frameworks.

  • Follow industry-standard software practices within the CAD Software team.

  • Work in close collaboration with the CAD Hardware and Compute infrastructure teams.

  • Design software solutions and documentation that scale to a large user base

  • Take ownership of your domain and act in partnership with the execution team.

  • Work with stakeholders across the Microsoft Silicon groups to collect software requirements.

  • Develop, enhance, and integrate CAD Flows and automation for organization-wide use.

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.

Other Requirements

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

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position is required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

  • This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 6+ years of software development experience.

  • Knowledge of common programming paradigms, including object-oriented and functional programming.

  • Proven leadership skills with a track record of influencing stakeholders.

  • Proficiency in industry-standard programming and scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, Perl, and C/C++, with Python preferred.

  • Demonstrated ability to independently own, maintain, and drive complex software projects.

  • Knowledge of software development practices and software design patterns.

  • Experience owning and driving the end-to-end software development lifecycle for multiple complex projects.

  • Well-rounded understanding of silicon design tools, flows, and methodologies.

  • Expertise in Azure environments, Azure security, and DevOps concepts.

  • Experience with continuous integration systems and practices.

  • Understanding of computer architecture and CPU/SoC design principles.

  • Experience with design and verification execution, flows, and supporting infrastructure.

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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)

How this job compares

Set against the 41,631 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$160–261K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,700 salary ranges
  • US median$135–217K/yr33,223 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $211K, is 3% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,578 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,631 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 33,828 postings).
Education
14,293 of the 41,631 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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