# Principal Physical Design Engineer - SoC Floorplanning & Methodology

OverviewMicrosoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is at the heart of Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure, powering the technology behind some of the world’s most widely used digital services, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Teams, OneDrive, Bing, and Xbox. Our team designs, develops, and delivers the foundational hardware and infrastructure that enable Microsoft’s cloud services to operate securely, reliably, and at a global scale. With a focus on innovation, performance, efficiency, and sustainability, SCHIE plays a critical role in shaping the future of cloud computing. As Microsoft’s cloud business continues to expand, delivering cutting-edge hardware solutions at scale, on time, and with quality has never been more important. The AISIE team plays a key role in making this possible by driving engineering excellence, optimising hardware design and manufacturing processes, and supporting the development of high-performance, scalable, and sustainable cloud infrastructure. About the Role We are looking for a talented Physical Design Engineer to help shape the next generation of Microsoft’s silicon technology. In this role, you will take

- **Id**: 3872893
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-physical-design-engineer-soc-floorplanning-methodology>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T16:13:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:40:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6643
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Incident Response, 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**: 438
- **Ghost share**: 0.007
- **Stale share**: 0.594
- **Repost share**: 0.039
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 93500
- **Max**: 161800
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 217974

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **OneDrive** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T15:05:53Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 217974
- **Is top pay**: no

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