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Senior Physical Verification CAD Engineer

Microsoft· Silicon Engineering
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Mountain View, CA, Hillsboro, OR, Raleigh, NC$119.8k - $234.7kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior role focused on building and sustaining Physical Verification (PV) CAD flows for Microsoft Silicon, enabling advanced-node DRC, LVS, Antenna, and ESD signoff. Responsibilities span from early design shift-left to final signoff, collaborating with CAD vendors, EDA partners, and internal teams to deliver scalable, production-ready PV solutions across multiple silicon programs.

Responsibilities

  • - Develop, maintain, and support Physical Verification (PV) flows across all Silicon projects, spanning early design (shift-left) through final signoff, including DRC, LVS, ERC, antenna, and advanced checks
  • - Work on PV-related flow and design issues, including tool stability, runtime scalability, deck integration, waiver correctness, and cross-tool debug
  • - Participate in cross functional alignment with CAD, Technology, and external EDA partners to communicate PV requirements, influence roadmap priorities, and unblock execution at critical project milestones
  • - Support PDK and node enablement activities, ensuring PV flows are validated, production ready, and aligned with foundry decks and internal signoff criteria across multiple technology variants
  • - Contribute to PV activities, including training material, documentation, onboarding labs, and continuous improvement of automation and debug infrastructure
  • - Development and deployment of AI-enabled agents to automate and optimize Physical Verification (PV) and PERC workflows across the Silicon organization

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.

Skills

Required:Physical Verification (PV) flowsTool proficiency (Calibre)Scripting for automation
Nice to have:SVRF rule/deck enablementPERC/advanced verification checksShift-left PV methodologies
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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