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 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 passionate, high energy engineers 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 cost is of paramount importance.

The Firmware Center of Excellence (FW CoE) is responsible for Hardware/Firmware (HW/FW) for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation HW/FW for server, silicon and rack infrastructure with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.

We are looking for a Principal Firmware Engineer with a background in system validation and debug to work on lighting up these various technologies as each team produces their part and has experience with System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Architecture and Design, bring up of SoC, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of professional experience designing, developing, or testing, software and hardware.

• 6+ years of experience with working from early concept of SoC/Platform Architecture and design to shipping final product.

• 6+ years of experience with Platform Initialization, Manageability, Security, Motherboard, Drivers, UEFI, BMC, OS, Virtualization, Memory Management, RAS, or similar areas.

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience.

• Experience in leading teams, assessing coverage, debugging HW/SW issues, and writing scripts (Python or similar).

• Experience working on multiple products supporting customer issues with strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.

• Experience with Architecting, Designing, and delivering on new Data Center class technologies across the entire platform.

• Debug experience resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues.

• Experience with Implementation of Hardware/Firmware Security primitives.

• Experience developing Sodtware/Hardware coverage, stimulus, and test content.

• Experience with Firmware development life cycle with emphasis on Firmware validation and integration.

• Proficient in C++ or equivalent.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 3, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Being involved with all phases of product development, from architectural design through firmware architecture and development.

• Working with stakeholders and partners, you will enhance and fine tune future Hardware/Software product solutions and architect new ones.

• Drive, define, implement, and lead execution of firmware integration and validation test plans.

• Be responsible for firmware level debug as part of end-to-end firmware development and debug.

• Source, debug, and resolve Hardware & Software bugs.

• Architect and implement test cases and frameworks that will be utilized to conduct testing and establish coverage.

• Identify and address inefficiencies and gaps in coverage, testing, execution, etc.

• Set expectations, negotiate timelines, and manage handshakes, dependencies, and deliverables.

• Mentor, guide, and help peers and other team members.

• Embody our culture and values.