Microsoft Senior Silicon Front-End Implementation Engineer 

India 

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cutting edgetechnology that changes our world. Microsoft’s Silicon team builds custom silicon for a diverse set of systems ranging from innovative consumer products like Xbox to high-performance Azure cloud servers, clients, and augmented reality.Senior Silicon Front End Implementation Engineerto work on leading edge IP development as part of the SCIPS Semi-custom and Central IP Silicon team. The candidate should be a motivated self-starter who will thrive in thistechnical environment.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.

committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from allwalks of life. Difference makes us better.

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of experience in hardware design
• 8+ years of experience in Synthesis, Timing constraints,Front-end design checks andPower Performance Area (PPA) trade-offs
• Proficiencyin collateral development including timing and synthesis constraints
• Proficiencyin front-end design checks including LEC, Lint, Formal Equivalence, and CDC/RDC
• Proficiencyin recent synthesis tool capabilities and methods forQoRimprovement
• Proficiencyin static timing analysis
• Familiarity with RTL and gate-level power analysis/optimization, UPF, and power-intent verification
• Experience with the project-level setup and configuration of 1 or more of the tools related to above disciplines
• Proficiencyin translating physical design results into feedback for flow or RTL improvement
• ProficiencyinTcl, Perl, Python, shell programming

Preferred

• Knowledge of full RTL2GDS flow
• Experience in ICC, power integrity analysis, ESD, PV
• Good communicationand self-motivatedthat can collaborate with larger teams within Microsoft.
• Occasional travel

to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirementsfor this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will beto pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

You will be a key link between front-end design and back-end teams. As a leader in the enablement of quality RTL and collateral file drops to PD, you willbe responsible forimplementing feedback and mitigations in the design constraints and toolchain to ensure best-case PPA.Strong communicationskills will be needed to coordinate with RTL, DFT, CAD and physical design teams.

You willin flow development, design automation, and correlation exercises to back-end flows. You are expected to work with limited direction andattention to detail. You will also be expected to be able to provide crisp status of progress, issues, and risks on the program to the management team.