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Microsoft

Senior Silicon Engineer

Santa Clara, CA · On-site

$160K - $261K/yr

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent ...

Microsoft

Senior Silicon Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$160K - $261K/yr

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent ...

Anthropic

Silicon Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and ... Pre-silicon verification * Physical design * Design for test * Analog and mixed-signal * Technology ...

Microsoft

Principal Silicon Engineer

Mountain View, CA · On-site

$142K - $274K/yr

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent ...

Anthropic

Silicon Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Pre-silicon verification * Physical design * Design for test * Analog and mixed-signal * Technology and foundry * CAD and design infrastructure * Packaging, signal integrity, and power integrity This ...

Bronco

Founding Silicon Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$140K - $200K/yr

About the Role As a Founding Silicon Engineer, you will be the domain backbone of Bronco's AI agents. You'll contribute to the architecture of our reasoning systems, drive tool integrations with ...

Apple

Pre-Silicon Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

We are looking for an engineer to join the ANE Compiler Pre-Silicon team, which is responsible for enabling new hardware features in our simulation environment and doing the initial chip bring up.

Xforia, Inc.

Post-Silicon Engineer-DDR Memory

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

$199K/yr

Post -Silicon Engineer - DDR Memory Location: Sunnyvale, CA JD: * HBM / DDR expert * Experience in memory validation * Understanding of memory training and understanding of memory test algorithms

Apple

Pre-Silicon Engineer

Cupertino, CA

$150K - $277K/yr

We are looking for an engineer to join the ANE Compiler Pre-Silicon team, which is responsible for enabling new hardware features in our simulation environment and doing the initial chip bring up.

Waymo

Silicon Emulation Engineer

Mountain View, CA · Hybrid

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Silicon Engineering Lead. You will: * Collaborate with the Design, Verification, and Software teams to simulate future silicon ...

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As of Aug 17, 2026, the average yearly pay for silicon engineer in California is $100,420.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $82,900.00 and $115,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Silicon Engineer designs, develops, and tests semiconductor chips and integrated circuits used in electronic devices. They work on various aspects of chip design, including architecture, verification, and fabrication, to optimize performance, power efficiency, and reliability. Silicon Engineers collaborate with hardware and software teams to ensure seamless integration and functionality. Their expertise is crucial in industries like consumer electronics, telecommunications, and automotive technology.

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A typical day for a Silicon Engineer often involves a mix of designing new semiconductor components, running simulations and verification tests, reviewing design specifications, and collaborating with colleagues in hardware, firmware, and validation teams. You might spend time analyzing test results, troubleshooting design issues, and participating in meetings to coordinate project milestones. Depending on your team's structure, you could also contribute to documentation or interface with manufacturing teams to resolve production challenges. This role balances independent technical work with frequent cross-functional collaboration to drive projects from concept to final silicon implementation.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a silicon engineer?

To thrive as a Silicon Engineer, you need a strong background in electrical engineering, semiconductor physics, and integrated circuit (IC) design, typically supported by a relevant engineering degree. Familiarity with industry-standard tools like Cadence, Synopsys, or Mentor Graphics, and experience with hardware description languages (HDLs) such as Verilog or VHDL are essential, along with relevant certifications when applicable. Strong problem-solving abilities, effective communication, and teamwork skills help in collaborating across multidisciplinary teams. These capabilities enable the successful design, verification, and implementation of high-performance silicon solutions within the fast-paced semiconductor industry.

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Infographic showing various Silicon Engineer job openings in California as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 88% Full Time, 5% Part Time, 2% Temporary, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $100,420 per year, or $48.3 per hour.

Senior Silicon Engineer

Microsoft

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

$160K - $261K/yr

Full-time

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Job description

Overview
Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding 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.
Are you seeking an opportunity to work on delivering silicon solutions that have a planet-scale impact? The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team within the Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure group is seeking a Senior Silicon Engineer. You will join our front-end silicon team and be responsible for delivering cutting-edge, high performance, low power, scalable and programmable DPU silicon.
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Responsibilities
As a Senior Silicon Engineer in the data processing unit team you will be designing modules to solve complex problems in a datacenter for the DPU silicon. You will interact with the software team to co-develop programmable silicon implementation, microarchitecture and work with design verification and physical design teams on delivering a quality module. The vast breadth of domains required to build our DPU silicon gives the opportunity to experience different areas of expertise. Solve complex engineering problems utilizing your experience.
Qualifications
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 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 requires 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 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 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 and/or MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree
  • 8+ years of RTL Design and micro-architecture experience
  • Design of modules in the networking silicon
  • Experience with the development of complex modules from concept to silicon.
  • Understanding of processors and peripheral interconnect bus protocols and architectures is a plus.
  • Understanding of low power microarchitecture techniques.
  • Knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog, C++, Python and Perl

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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, read more about requesting accommodations.

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Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

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