Test Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

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 engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) organization within SCHIE is responsible for design, development, manufacturing and packaging of Microsoft's state-of-the-art computer chips, notably the Azure Cobalt. Our solutions provide sustainable strategic advantages to Microsoft and enable our customers to achieve more.

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 Silicon Manufacturing and Product Engineering (SMPE) team is instrumental in defining and elivering 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 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 seeking a talented Test /Software/ Developer Engineer to develop and maintain robust full-stack web applications, databases, and advanced tools within the Azure cloud environment, including driving GenAI initiatives. This roll will build full-stack applications, cloud-native solutions, data platforms, analytics capabilities, and AI-powered tools that improve production execution, engineering productivity, quality, reliability, and production material operations. The role requires strong software engineering fundamentals with experience across front-end development, back-end services, cloud technologies, databases, modern application development practices and AI agent development.

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Responsibilities

The candidate for this position will be expected and able to complete the following responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

1. Silicon Test Engineering Automation

Apply semiconductor test engineering knowledge to support the development of manufacturing and test capabilities. Understand silicon test processes and production test flows, including wafer sort/CP, final test, ATE/test programs, test results, yield, and manufacturing test data. Collaborate with test, product, and manufacturing engineering teams to develop solutions supporting test data processing, test performance and yield analysis, traceability, debugging, production monitoring, and test efficiency improvement. Translate silicon test and manufacturing requirements into scalable software, data, analytics, and automation solutions.

2. Microsoft Fabric & Azure Data Platform Engineering

Design, develop, and manage scalable data and analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Services. Build and optimise data pipelines, lakehouses, data warehouses, real-time analytics, and data integration solutions to support high-volume manufacturing and silicon test data. Implement monitoring, automation, performance optimisation, and operational excellence practices. Ensure solutions are secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable, following enterprise security and engineering best practices.

3. Security & Secure Engineering

Embed security-by-design and secure engineering principles throughout the software development lifecycle. Support Secure Future Initiative (SFI) requirements by applying secure coding practices, appropriate identity and access controls, data protection, vulnerability remediation, dependency management, and security monitoring. Collaborate with security and engineering teams to identify and remediate security risks across applications, APIs, cloud services, and data solutions.

4. GenAI & Agentic Workflow Development

Develop Generative AI and agentic workflow solutions to enable predictive insights, process automation, engineering productivity, and smarter decision-making across manufacturing and test systems. Develop AI-powered assistants, copilots, and workflow automation solutions. Apply AI technologies to improve engineering and operational efficiency while supporting Responsible AI, data protection, and enterprise security requirements.

5. Full-Stack Software Development

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and responsive web applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies. Develop scalable APIs, backend services, and application components. Deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable software following engineering best practices. Perform code reviews, testing, debugging, and production support. Continuously improve application performance, usability, reliability, and scalability.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Full Stack / Full-Stack / Fullstack Developer
• JavaScript
• Python
• Database
• Data Engineering concepts
• AI Agent Development (preferred)
• MSFT Azure (preferred)
• Microsoft Fabric (preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, 5-10 years of relevant engineering experience in silicon/semiconductor test engineering, software development, test automation, manufacturing systems, or related technical fields.
• Hands-on experience in silicon test engineering, including ATE/test programs, production test flows, test data analysis, yield analysis, and test methodology.
• Strong experience in software development and automation, using languages such as Python, Java, or PowerShell to develop engineering tools, automate workflows, and improve test efficiency.
• Experience developing or integrating APIs, automated test frameworks, data-processing utilities, or engineering productivity tools.
• Experience with source control and modern software development practices, such as Git, CI/CD, code reviews, debugging, and maintainable software design.
• Experience with data analytics and engineering platforms, such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, Kusto (KQL), SQL, data pipelines, or equivalent technologies, is preferred.
• Ability to work across test engineering, software, manufacturing, and data systems to identify opportunities for automation and improve engineering productivity.
• Exposure to AI/GenAI-assisted engineering or software development tools is an added advantage
• Strong verbal and written communication.

• Record of success in cross-functional team environment

Screening 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 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.

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.