Job Description

Overview

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 Senior 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 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). Willingness to always learning and insatiably curious. 

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.

If you are a Senior Firmware Engineer with passion for building reliable, scalable distributed systems; If you want experiene in firmware a nd system debug 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.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging in embedded systems.
• Problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with programing in Python or C or C++.

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:

• Demonstrated experience in system level debug and validation (including validation infrastructure setup) for complext embedded systems (Boards, FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.)
• Have experience of system level debugging (including partner issues) with an understanding of managing and triaging production level issues.
• Experience with PCIe, I2C, SPI, and other low-level interfaces in AI server space
• Familiarity with silicon bring-up and validation flows.
• Experience of creating or working with automated testing pipeline aka CI/CD (integration + validation)
• Knowledge of hardware debuggers like JTAG, Oscilloscope, and Logic Analyzer etc.
• Kn owledge of automation framework setup and deployment.

Firmware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: US corporate pay information | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 21st, 2025. 

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Responsibilities

• Lead debug and root cause analysis of firmware, operating system, and driver-level failures across diverse pre and post silicon platforms in AI server domain.
• Develop and maintain debug templates, scripts, and automation pipelines for log collection, crash dump analysis, and compliance validation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (firmware, silicon, OS, driver, platform) to triage bugs and align debug processes across forums along with ensuring to assist those learnings to long term roadmap improvements.
• Maintain and expand the firmware and OS debug knowledge base and wikis for onboarding and reference.
• Participate in daily syncs and debug forums to track high-severity issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Passionate about exploring and deploying noble methods to improve test coverage, release/test automation, and efficiency of our FW releases.

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

 Industry leading healthcare

 Educational resources

 Discounts on products and services

 Savings and investments

 Maternity and paternity leave

 Generous time away

 Giving programs

 Opportunities to network and connect

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