Principal Architect

Microsoft's hardware teams incubate advanced technologies and build deep partnerships with internal research, product planning, and marketing teams. Microsoft is a leader in the AI revolution, building AI Supercomputers at-scale to power both present day and future AI applications. Our team is developing world-class silicon devices to support Microsoft’s AI Supercomputer programs. Come join our dynamic and collaborative silicon architecture team to help innovate the next wave in computing!

We are looking for a passionate C-model engineer to make an impact with their experience in architecture modeling, AI workload acceleration and computer architecture. The successful candidate must be highly motivated who will thrive in this cutting-edge technical environment, collaborates beyond the block/tasks they own, has a passion for learning, and brings diverse perspectives to us help design products that are shaping the future of computing.

Responsibilities

You will be on the leading edge of computing, building lasting relationships with various cross-functional groups to deliver high-performance and innovative silicon IP, using your extensive experience to develop hardware architectures and features. You are expected to work with limited direction, have attention to detail and be able to provide crisp status of progress, issues, and risks on the program to the management team.

Responsibilities Include

• IP block hardware model development in C/C++
• C/C++ test and test platform development
• Model architecture exploration tasks
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum (Must Have) Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Electrical, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
• 13+ years’ experience in silicon development
• Expertise in Architecture modeling - C/C++ proficiency
• 3+ years experience in RTL design (micro-architecture) OR Design verification
• Linear algebra / matrix operations expertise
• Team player with excellent communication skills and a growth mindset
  
  

Preferred (Good To Have) Qualifications

• Machine learning / neural network experience
• Understanding of floating-point formats (IEEE/non-IEEE) and FP arithmetic
  
  

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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.