# Principal D2D SerDes & Analog Layout Design Engineer

OverviewMicrosoft 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 core infrastructure and foundational technologies supporting Azure, Microsoft 365, Teams, Xbox, and next-generation AI platforms at hyperscale, with a focus on high-quality, efficient, and trusted cloud hardware solutions. As Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses continue to grow, high-speed die-to-die (D2D) connectivity is critical to delivering scalable, power-efficient custom silicon. The Semi & Custom IP team develops advanced analog and mixed-signal IP, including D2D SerDes interfaces, for next-generation AI accelerators, cloud infrastructure, and custom silicon platforms powering Microsoft’s future AI services and datacenter offerings. We are looking for a Principal D2D SerDes & Analog Layout Design Engineer to provide technical leadership for matching-critical analog layout and D2D SerDes physical implementation. This high-visibility role will establish layout strategy and methodology, lead complex subsystem execution across internal and external contrib

- **Id**: 3779607
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-d2d-serdes-analog-layout-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mountain View, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T16:43:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:54:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 11604
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Console Games, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 471
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.597
- **Repost share**: 0.04
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 142800
- **Max**: 274800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 274800

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Path Planning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Ansys Totem** — Optional: yes
- **Cadence Virtuoso** — Optional: yes
- **Cadence Voltus** — Optional: yes
- **Perl** — Optional: yes
- **Siemens Calibre** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T00:18:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,957 · green card filings: 2,767; Filings 12m: 6957

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 274800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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