Senior Software CAD DevOps Engineer

In the Senior CAD DevOps Software role, you will:    

• Be a leader in a central CAD Software team that develops a common tool stack to internal SoC and IP designs.  

• Lead technical strategy and execution for CAD DevOps workflows, including CI/CD, cloud-based EDA environments, and automation frameworks. 

• Lead software practices within the CAD Software team. 

• Work in close collaboration with the CAD Hardware and Compute infrastructure teams. 

• Design software solutions and documentation that scale to a large user base. 

• Be the expert in your domain and act in partnership with the execution team.  

• Work with stakeholders across the Microsoft Silicon groups to collect software requirements.  

• Develop, enhance, and integrate CAD Flows and automation for organization-wide use.   

Required 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.

Other Requirements: 

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screening:  

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check. This position is required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.  
• 6+ years of experience in Software development. 
• Knowledge of common programming paradigms (Object-Oriented, Functional, etc)   
• Leadership skills with proven track record of influencing stakeholders. 
• Experienced writing software with industry standard languages like Python, TCL, Perl, C/C++ (Python preferred)  
• Expertise to own, maintain and drive complex Software projects independently. 
• Expertise in Software Development practices. 
• Experience owning and driving end to end software development life cycle for multiple complex software projects. 
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience. 
• 6+ years of relevant experience. 
• Understanding of software design patterns.
• Well-rounded and familiar with silicon design Tools, Flows and Methodologies.  
• Expertise in Azure environments, Azure Security and DevOps concepts
• Experience with continuous integration systems. 
• Expertise in Computer Architecture, as well as CPU/SoC design principles.  
• Exposure to Design and Verification execution and flows/infrastructure that is used