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Emulation Engineer II

Microsoft • Full-time • Santa Clara, CA, US • $100.60k - $215.40k / year • 4w ago

Emulation Engineer II

Santa Clara, California, United States

Date posted

Oct 14, 2025

Job number

1879167

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Hardware Engineering

Discipline

Silicon Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

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 passionate, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
- OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience in Application Specific integrated circuit (ASIC)/ System on Chip (SoC) emulation verification with System Verilog (SV)/Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) environments using any Standard Emulator (Palladium, Protium)
2+ years experience with Python or Perl scripting, including developing systems from scratch

Other Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with emulation flows using tools such as Palladium, Protium, Zebu, or Veloce
Familiarity with SpeedBridges and Virtual Transactors
Ability to write and debug RTL test cases for feature-specific scenarios
Background with Jenkins CI systems, software development practices, and Git
Exposure to FPGA platforms such as Xilinx UltraScale+ and Vivado toolchains
Communication and teamwork skills, with interest in taking on a variety of challenges

Silicon Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Oct 21st 2025.

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Responsibilities

As an Emulation Engineer II in the Data Processing Unit team you will be emulating silicon to solve complex problems in a datacenter. You will interact with the architecture, hardware, software QA and platform teams to co-develop a programmable silicon implementation. This position is expected to be highly visible and impactful. The vast breadth of domains required to build our DPU silicon gives the perfect opportunity to experience different areas of expertise. The depth required to solve complex engineering problems utilizes your experience and provides you with the perfect platform to shine and grow to the next stage in your career.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Educational resources

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Giving programs

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Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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