Technical Staff Engineer-Software

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Job Description:

Microchip’s FPGA software engineering team develops the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software used by our customers to program Microchip FPGAs. Customers perform their entire FPGA design flow using our software: from design entry, to synthesis, through place-and-route, timing, power analysis, and simulation.

Our Software Quality Assurance (SQA) engineering group defines testing requirements, develops and implements testing strategies, and automate testing flow for better repeatability and maximum testing outputs. The candidate will work in a team environment interacting with many cross-functional groups, including design, development, manufacturing, application and marketing teams. The successful candidate will have an overview and good understanding of the complete workflow for our products, and be rewarded by developing useful technical skills as well as being connected and appreciated by many teams at Microchip.

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Technical Staff Engineer-Software opening based in Austin, TX. This position is an excellent opportunity for someone willing to think outside of the box, daring to ask questions and enjoy diagnosing complex problems and maximizing by automation. As a software quality assurance engineer at Microchip, you will be involved with Application Frameworks and Infrastructure group to support the next generation FPGA architecture for Microchip's FPGAs. In that role, you will be part of the team working on developing the tools and flows to validate configuration bitstreams for multiple FPGA families.

Responsibilities:

• Develop tools to enable correctness of the configuration bitstream for Microchip FPGAs

• Develop automated flows to incorporate methodologies (such as simulation and logical equivalence checking) for functional verification

• Work with cross-functional teams (software, design verification, etc.) to integrate the tools into their verification methodologies

• Create unit tests to validate the tools/flows

• Provide technical guidance and support/train the junior members of the team.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related field and 12.5+ years of relevant industry experience

• Strong understanding of logic design

• Strong knowledge and ability in C++ and data structures

• Experience in software optimization for run-time and memory improvement for large data structures

• Good understanding of Verilog and simulation environments

• Effective team player, collaborator, and a great motivator for team

• Excellent communication skills in verbal & written English, ability to multi-task and work effectively in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good understanding of FPGA architectures

• Understanding of verification methodologies, including logical equivalence tools

• Experience with shell scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, TCL)

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