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Senior Engineer II-Software

Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology

San Jose, CA, USA
USD 70k-163k / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 28, 2025

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-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 Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; 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 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

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

Job Description:

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer II-Software opening based in San Jose, CA. The Application Frameworks and Infrastructure group is looking for a highly motivated individual to be part of the team to support the next generation FPGA architecture for Microchip's FPGAs. In that role, you will be part of the team working on developing the tools and flows to validate configuration bitstreams for multiple FPGA families.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop tools to enable correctness of the configuration bitstream for Microchip FPGAs
  • Develop automated flows to incorporate methodologies (such as simulation and logical equivalence checking) for functional verification
  • Work with cross-functional teams (software, design verification, etc.) to integrate the tools into their verification methodologies
  • Create unit tests to validate the tools/flows

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or related field
  • Bachelors with 7.5- 9 years of experience or Masters with 5-6 years of experience
  • Strong understanding of logic design
  • Strong knowledge and ability in C++ and data structures
  • Experience in software optimization for run-time and memory improvement for large data structures
  • Good understanding of Verilog and simulation environments

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Good understanding of FPGA architectures
  • Understanding of verification methodologies, including logical equivalence tools
  • Experience with shell scripting languages (Perl, Python, Bash, TCL)
  • Experience with software development in a Linux and Windows environment

Travel Time:

0% - 25%

Physical Attributes:

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

Physical Requirements:

10% standing, 10% walking, 80% sitting, 100% in doors; Usual business hours

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:

Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $70,000 - $163,000.*

*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 Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.

To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.