Microsoft ships tens of millions of hardware products every year, including the Xbox, Surface devices, HoloLens, accessories, and much more. Microsoft's silicon development teams incubate advanced technologies and build deep partnerships with internal research, product planning, business, and marketing teams. Opportunities within our silicon teams represent a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to, architecture, design, verification, performance modeling, and physical design supporting the development of custom silicon. We are looking for you to bring your authentic self to help us in designing for the future! 

As the Performance Architect, Silicon Engineering, you will work in the team responsible for System On Chip (SOC) / Intellectual Property (IP) performance modeling, including projections, architectural and what-if analysis and direction setting for our programs. You will work closely with the product architecture System On Chip (SOC) architecture teams, IP architecture, to ensure our SOC and IPs enable performant, efficient, and industry-leading systems. The team you’ll be part of will be involved in numerous projects within Microsoft, developing custom silicon for a diverse set of systems. We are responsible for delivering cutting-edge, custom SoC designs that can perform complex and high-performance functions in the most efficient manner. 

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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.