Senior Physical Design Engineer

Job Description

Microsoft is looking for a Senior Physical Design Engineer to join the Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering team to help optimize timing-critical and large sub-chips for power, performance, and area.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree with 4+ years experience OR Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years experience OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years experience in semiconductor design.
• 3+ years experience in implementing designs through synthesis, floorplanning, place and route, extraction, timing, and physical verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage floorplanning and design planning activities to optimize large sub-chips for power, performance, and area.
• Drive end-to-end execution from synthesis through place-and-route for large sub-chips and/or full-chip designs.
• Coordinate effectively across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Influence design tools, flows, and methodologies through a data-driven approach.
• Develop and implement clock distribution strategies meeting design specifications.
• Make technical trade-offs between power, area, and timing.
• Provide technical leadership and foster collaboration across teams.

Benefits

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.