Principal Firmware Validation 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 a Principal Firmware Validation Engineer to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and Hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance.

The Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering Firmware Development team is responsible for design and development of Server and Rack Infrastructure Firmware for Microsoft's online services. We work closely with Microsoft product groups, industry partners and researchers to architect and develop server hardware solutions that meet the requirements for our cloud services platforms at the lowest possible cost of ownership (TCO). We need to be always learning and insatiably curious. We need to be willing to lean into uncertainty, take risks and move quickly when we make mistakes, recognizing failure happens along the way to mastery. And we need to be open to the ideas of others, where the success of others does not diminish our own.

Our teams are responsible for Firmware development and validation of server, silicon and rack infrastructure design with a focus on innovation for Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers for (Microsoft AI Chip)MAIA and Cobalt product lines.

If you want hands-on firmware validation experience and like to produce impact across a large number of systems; if you have a penchant to learn and utilize your broad skill set to produce great customer impact; then this opportunity is for you - Join the Azure Firmware Center of Excellence and help us envision and build technical solutions to power Azure.

This is expected to be a hands on role, where you will have the opportunity to work with a team of talented engineers to deliver innovation at scale and own delivery of product to Azure datacenters.

Customer obsessed

We will learn about our customers and their businesses with a beginner's mind and then bring solutions that meet their needs. We will be insatiable in our desire to learn from the outside and bring it into Microsoft, while still innovating to surprise and delight our users.

Diverse & inclusive

The world is diverse. We will better serve everyone on the planet by representing everyone on the planet. We will be open to learning our own biases and changing our behaviors, so we can tap into the collective power of everyone at Microsoft. We don't just value differences, we seek them out, we invite them in. And as a result, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our customers are better served.

One Microsoft

We are a family of individuals united by a single, shared mission. It's our ability to work together that makes our dreams believable and ultimately achievable. We will build on the ideas of others and collaborate across boundaries to bring the best of Microsoft to our customers as one. We are proud to be part of team Microsoft.

Making a difference

If we commit to being customer obsessed, becoming more diverse and inclusive, and operating as One Microsoft, we will achieve our mission to empower every person and organization on the planet. Beyond that, we will make a difference and find deep meaning in our work. We stand in awe of what humans dare to achieve and are motivated every day to empower others to do more and achieve more through our technology and innovation.

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.

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.

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++ or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of professional experience in validation, design/development, integration, or system level debugging in firmware/embedded systems.

• 5+ years of problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.

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:

• Experience in creating validation plans, developing test content to achieve the validation plan and automating the execution of test contents, especially in server domain.

• Demonstrated experience in system level firmware Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), and debugging of system software.

• Experience in creating or working with automated testing pipeline aka Continuos Integration/Continuos Deployment(CI/CD) (integration+ validation).

• Experience in firmware development and testing on multiple Hardware test environments (Boards, Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGA), Emulation, Simulation etc.).

• Have experience of system level debugging (including customer issues) with good understanding of managing and triaging production level issues.

• Good knowledge of hardware debuggers like JTAG, Oscilloscope, and Logic Analyzer etc.

• Hands on experience in C/C++ and scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation framework setup and deployment.

• Effective communication and inter-team collaboration skills and ability to succeed in ambiguity.

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 April 15, 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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• Owns coordination, validation (including validation environment), Integration, and debugging of system software/firmware comprising of different domains within server architecture (such as System on Chip(SoC) FWs, Basic Input Output Systems(BIOS), Baseboard Management Controllers(BMC), Rack Manager etc.).

• Collaborate with architect, firmware development, program management and component dev teams for day-to-days operations as well as for long term roadmap improvements by feeding back key learnings.

• Ability to see system level "big picture" to validate that integrated firmware/system software aligns to architectural goals of product.

• Passionate about coaching team members and helping them grow.

• Create validation plans, develop validation content, automate executions, and debug/triage of observed/reported failures.

• Efficient debugging and troubleshooting skills with aim to become point-of-contact for platform level issues. Ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases.

• Passionate about exploring and deploying noble methods to improve test coverage, release/test automation, and efficiency of our Firmware(FW) releases.

• Create automated dashboards to reflect "health" and "quality" of system at all times for decision making.

• Other

• Embody our Culture and Values