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Physical Design Engineer II

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Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Senior level
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Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, IND
Senior level
Performs semiconductor physical design and integration at block, subsystem, sub-chip, and full-chip levels. Responsibilities include floorplanning, synthesis, placement, clock-tree synthesis, routing, static timing, physical verification, formal equivalency, power optimization, IR-drop, and electromigration analysis. The engineer may develop and automate physical design flows, evaluate technology and IP options, support vendor selection, communicate program risks, and contribute to complex ASIC tapeouts.
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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 engineers to help achieve that mission. 

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.  

 We are looking for a Physical Design Engineer to join the team. 

 

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Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled Physical Design Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a key member of our semiconductor design team, you will be responsible for physical design implementation and physical integration efforts to ensure the successful development of cutting-edge semiconductor products.  


  • As a Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for Physical Design tasks at block, subsystem, sub-chip, and/or full-chip level.  The tasks will include Floorplanning, Synthesis, Placement, CTS and custom clocking, Routing, Static Timing, Physical Verification, Formal Equivalency, Power Efficiency, IR-Drop, and EM.  You may also be involved in Physical Design flow development/automation and evaluation of and recommendations for technology, IP, and vendor selection.  

  • You are expected to be able to work with limited direction, have keen attention to detail, and be able to provide crisp status of progress, issues, and risks on the program to the management team.  Occasional travel may be required.  


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or master’s in electrical or computer engineering or related field with 6+ years of experience  

  • Experience in physical design implementation, signoff at block / sub system / sub-chip / SoC level. 

  • Experience in tapeouts of complex ASICs in leading edge technology  


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.


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.

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