Technical Staff Engineer - Software (Quality Assurance)
San Jose, CA 
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Posted 30 days ago
Job Description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.

People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip's nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our ; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it's won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.

Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

Visit our page to see what exciting opportunities and company await!

Job Description:

Microchip has been consistently recognized as one of the best places to work by prestigious publications like Forbes, Bay Area News and Phoenix Business Journal. The FPGA Business Unit (formerly Actel, with a 35+ year uninterrupted legacy of providing programmable logic solutions) is one of the largest and most profitable BUs inside Microchip. We have revolutionized the FPGA industry with the industry's most awarded FPGA families - the PolarFire FPGA family and the first RISC-V based PolarFire SoC, delivering class leading power efficiency, reliability and security. With this portfolio, we have enabled commercial applications like the world's most innovative AI-enabled embedded vision and smart automation products, the world's most secure and reliable 5G communications networks, as well as the world's most sophisticated aerospace products that have delivered payloads to Mars and beyond. If you are looking to be a part of a team that is transforming the world of low power compute whilst delivering exceptional top line growth rates, you will be challenged to find a better place to contribute, grow your career and learn to deliver truly remarkable solutions.

Job Specifications:

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 part of the FPGA business unit and responsible for the overall quality of our production software, such as Libero, SmartDebug, SmartTime etc. using unit and system-level designs. You will be involved in debugging internal and external customer issues related toMicrochip's FPGA products and provide feedback to the software development, QA, and documentation teams on areas of improvements. You will be expected to manage frequent interactions with multiple cross-functional and global teams. You should be able to mentor, lead and coach junior members in the team, and manage priorities, track tasks and communicate status as needed. You will be challenged with complex problems which will require you to apply traditional and out-of-the-box techniques.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field with a minimum of 12+ years of experience
  • Excellent knowledge of FPGA architecture, synthesis, simulation, timing closure techniques, etc. with hands-on working experience using FPGAs in digital designs
  • Excellent programming skills in Verilog, Systemverilog, or VHDL
  • Experience in shell scripting languages, such as Python, Tcl, Perl, NodeJS or any other scripting language is required
  • Good understanding of testing complex software with strong problem-solving skills, and ability to drive issues to closure
  • Effective team player, collaborator, and a great motivator for team
  • Strong communication skills in verbal & written English, ability to multi-task and work effectively in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with Clearcase, Git, Confluence, JIRA, Coverity, Bullseye or related software development tools is a plus
  • Strong automation expertise and have worked on Linux/Windows platforms
  • Comfortable with large-scale software development in both Linux and Windows environments

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

Feeling, Handling, Hearing, Other, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others

Physical Requirements:

Usual Business Hours; 100% indoors, 90% sitting and 10% standing

Pay Range:

We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $66,560 - $232,000.*

*Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the EEO is the Law Poster and the EEO is the Law Poster Supplement. Please also refer to the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.


Microchip is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer of Disabled/Veterans/Minorities/Women. We provide equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state or local laws.


 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
12+ years
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