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Principal Verification Engineer jobs are open across semiconductor, defense, and automotive industries, at every level from senior engineer to staff and principal, with specializations in functional verification, formal verification, and UVM-based testbench development. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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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 Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) 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 seasoned 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 Principal Design Verification Engineer (Design or DV) to join the team.
#SCHIE
Responsibilities
- Technically lead A Subsystem as a design or DV engineer.
- Collaborate across teams on vertical and horizontal reuse of components.
- Provide technical leadership through mentorship and strong teamwork.
- Work effectively with Architecture, Design, DV, PD, DFT, firmware, and post-silicon teams to debug system-level issues and deliver silicon from concept through bring-up.
- Understanding of many of the following: complex subsystems (such as PCIE, HBM, imaging or control), fabrics, AMBA AXI/CHI protocols, DMA engines, NoCs, and high-throughput data buffering and movement.
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Expertise in design or DV domains, especially on memory technologies.
- Design includes but not limited to - Bandwidth, latency, utilization, and power tradeoffs while driving synthesis, timing constraints, floor-planning awareness, and performance tuning (Design). Verilog/System Verilog, microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding, integration, and design quality closure (CDC, lint, RDC) (Design).
OR
- DV expertise includes but not limited to - Expertise in Design Verification (DV), including development of verification strategies and test plans, creation and debugging of UVM-based constrained-random testbenches, scoreboards, checkers, and assertions, implementation of functional coverage and coverage closure, and application of Agile methodologies for code reviews, sprint execution, and feature deployment.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
- OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
- OR equivalent experience.
- 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 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 US. 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
- Experience debugging Register Transfer Level (RTL) designs as well as simulation and/or emulation environments.
- Experience with design quality and static checks, DFT implementation and hand off to physical design.
- Expertise in design or DV domains
- 8+ years expertise in digital logic design including microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog, design verification collaboration, and CDC/Lint closure.
- 8+ years of experience in synthesis, timing constraints, power / performance / area (PPA) trade-offs and post-silicon debug
OR
- 9+ years of experience in either design and integration or DV with a proven track record of delivering high-performance IP, SS or SOC testbenches.
- Experience with verification for multiple product cycles from definition to Silicon, including writing test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff in C++ and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).
- 12+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years experience with lead roles across cross-functional / cross-time-zone engineering teams.
- Lead experience for an IP or SS related to CPUs, VPUs, GPUs, Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine, Tensor unit, or similar
- Experience of working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) SoCs
- Experience in Scripting language such as Python or Perl
- Hands on experience in Formal property verification (DV)
Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
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 Artificial Intelligence System on Chip (AISoC) 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 seasoned 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 Principal Design Verification Engineer (Design or DV) to join the team.
#SCHIE
Responsibilities
- Technically lead A Subsystem as a design or DV engineer.
- Collaborate across teams on vertical and horizontal reuse of components.
- Provide technical leadership through mentorship and strong teamwork.
- Work effectively with Architecture, Design, DV, PD, DFT, firmware, and post-silicon teams to debug system-level issues and deliver silicon from concept through bring-up.
- Understanding of many of the following: complex subsystems (such as PCIE, HBM, imaging or control), fabrics, AMBA AXI/CHI protocols, DMA engines, NoCs, and high-throughput data buffering and movement.
-
Expertise in design or DV domains, especially on memory technologies.
- Design includes but not limited to - Bandwidth, latency, utilization, and power tradeoffs while driving synthesis, timing constraints, floor-planning awareness, and performance tuning (Design). Verilog/System Verilog, microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding, integration, and design quality closure (CDC, lint, RDC) (Design).
OR
- DV expertise includes but not limited to - Expertise in Design Verification (DV), including development of verification strategies and test plans, creation and debugging of UVM-based constrained-random testbenches, scoreboards, checkers, and assertions, implementation of functional coverage and coverage closure, and application of Agile methodologies for code reviews, sprint execution, and feature deployment.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
- OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
- OR equivalent experience.
- 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 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 US. 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
- Experience debugging Register Transfer Level (RTL) designs as well as simulation and/or emulation environments.
- Experience with design quality and static checks, DFT implementation and hand off to physical design.
- Expertise in design or DV domains
- 8+ years expertise in digital logic design including microarchitecture specification development, RTL coding in Verilog/System Verilog, design verification collaboration, and CDC/Lint closure.
- 8+ years of experience in synthesis, timing constraints, power / performance / area (PPA) trade-offs and post-silicon debug
OR
- 9+ years of experience in either design and integration or DV with a proven track record of delivering high-performance IP, SS or SOC testbenches.
- Experience with verification for multiple product cycles from definition to Silicon, including writing test plans, developing tests, debugging failures and coverage signoff in C++ and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).
- 12+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years experience with lead roles across cross-functional / cross-time-zone engineering teams.
- Lead experience for an IP or SS related to CPUs, VPUs, GPUs, Direct Memory Access (DMA) engine, Tensor unit, or similar
- Experience of working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) SoCs
- Experience in Scripting language such as Python or Perl
- Hands on experience in Formal property verification (DV)
Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
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Who's Hiring
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- Electronics & Hardware
- Technology & Software
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal verification engineer jobs.
- 8 or more years of RTL verification experience using SystemVerilog and UVM
- Demonstrated ownership of block-level or subsystem-level verification closure on taped-out designs
- Proficiency with industry-standard simulation and formal verification tools
- Experience writing and reviewing functional coverage plans and assertion-based verification strategies
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field
- Ability to mentor junior and mid-level verification engineers and lead methodology decisions across a team
Tips for Your Principal Verification Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to methodology
Principal verification engineers are hired for specific methodologies, so your resume should call out UVM, formal verification, or emulation-based flows explicitly. A resume that reads as generic RTL experience will get screened out before a hiring manager sees it.
Highlight coverage closure you owned
Employers at this level want to see that you drove coverage closure on a real tape-out, not just contributed to a team plan. Describe the coverage model you built, the gaps you found, and the sign-off you owned, with the design complexity for context.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal verification engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by design domain
Principal verification roles in CPU, GPU, SoC, and ASIC domains require meaningfully different expertise. When searching, filter by the design domain you know best so you're applying to roles where your protocol and architecture background is a direct match, not a stretch.
Prepare a verification planning walkthrough
Interviews at this level almost always include a whiteboard exercise where you define a verification plan from scratch for a given block or subsystem. Practice walking through stimulus generation strategy, assertions, coverage goals, and debug flow for a design you know well.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the principal level, the team size, design complexity, and tool budget you're responsible for vary enormously between companies. Before accepting an offer, confirm ownership scope, whether you'll define the verification methodology, and what resources are yours to control.
Principal Verification Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal verification engineers?
The most active employers for principal verification engineers right now are Renesas, Microsoft, and Northrop Grumman, and the most openings are in California, Texas, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Semiconductor companies, defense contractors, and automotive chipmakers tend to post the most roles at this level.
How many principal verification engineer jobs are remote?
About 67% of principal verification engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common because of lab access and EDA tool licensing constraints. Formal verification and coverage analysis work tends to be more remote-friendly than roles tied to emulation hardware or silicon bring-up.
How do you become a principal verification engineer?
Start with a foundation in digital design and RTL simulation, then specialize in SystemVerilog and UVM by owning verification of real blocks through tape-out. Progress by taking accountability for coverage closure and verification planning rather than just executing tasks. Build expertise in formal methods or emulation flows to differentiate yourself, and demonstrate that you can define methodology and mentor others before targeting principal-level roles.
How do you get hired as a principal verification engineer with limited experience at that level?
If you're moving up from a senior engineer role, the gap is usually about scope rather than technical skills. Document any project where you drove a verification strategy decision, defined a coverage model from scratch, or unblocked a team on a hard debug problem. Applying to companies where the principal title sits at a smaller team scale, such as early-stage chip startups, can also reduce the experience bar compared to large incumbent semiconductor firms.
What does the principal verification engineer interview process look like?
Most processes include a recruiter screen, a technical phone interview covering SystemVerilog and UVM concepts, and a full loop with the verification team. The loop typically includes a verification planning exercise where you define a strategy for a given design block, a debugging scenario where you trace a failing test to root cause, and a conversation about how you'd mentor and structure a verification team. A final interview with an engineering manager or director is common at this level.
Where can I find and apply to principal verification engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to principal verification engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your domain expertise and verification methodology background, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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