Principal Firmware Engineer

Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware 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, Skype, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with its server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer to help achieve that mission.     

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and HW infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest TCO is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Firmware Center of Excellence team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for Microsoft cloud hardware, innovation, quality, time to market, scale and sustainable that exceeds our customer’s expectations. We are looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer with a  passion for customer focused solutions, and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

• Lead architecture, design and deployment of cloud scale firmware and RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) solutions.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to define, architect and spec highly scalable, reliable, and serviceable solutions for cloud scale workloads (Compute, AI/ML etc.)
• Mentor a team of developers to architect and prototype solutions, using industry standard development flows, transitioning these to production-quality cloud-scale solutions
• Perform system-level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues.  
• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud firmware technologies and provide recommendations for improvement.  
• Embody our culture and values.

Required Qualifications: 

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Other 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. 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• 7+ years of professional experience designing and developing firmware and software solutions to improve system reliability, availability and serviceability.
• Technical Leader in Industry with experience in Enterprise/Cloud Server hardware architecture, understanding of HW/FW/OS interactions, expertise in Server, GPU features architecture/integration
• Experienced in leading debugging complex system level issues and providing recommendations on potential fixes/tradeoffs to meet the business needs.
• Demonstrated skills in C and Python (programming)

• Experience managing complex partner engagement and leading engineering collaboration

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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.