Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and 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, Teams, 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 Firmware Engineer to help achieve that mission.
The Firmware Center of Excellence is responsible for Hardware/Firmware for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation 1P AI and compute silicon with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers. We are seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our team within SCHIE, with background in Firmware development in embedded systems.
Responsibilities
- Architects software at various layers of the stack, from boot ROMs to drivers to runtimes.
- Contributes to all phases of product development, from design through manufacturing and productization.
- Contributes to the architecture and design of various firmware components, including driver interfaces (PCIe, SPI, I2C, I3C), system libraries needed for SoC bring-up, protocol and feature development of low-level hardware.
- Performs system-level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams including hardware architects and engineers, software developers, validation & integration and product managers to define firmware requirements and specifications.
- Stays up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud firmware technologies and provide recommendations for improvement.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of Experience in FW and or Embedded SW development experience, particularly in a multi-core platform environment
- 2+ years of Programming experience in C/C++
- Solid understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience working with multiple teams on root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling.
- Excellent debugging skills with GDB or equivalent.
- Experience developing firmware in pre-silicon environments and on test benches.
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Firmware Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.
- Master's Degree in EE/CE/CS OR Bachelor's plus 2+ years technical engineering experience (coding) or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of firmware and/or embedded software development experience, particularly on multi-core platforms.
- 2+ years of programming experience in C/C++.
- Solid understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories.
- Experience with root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and resolving complex hardware/firmware interface issues.
- Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling.
- Excellent debugging skills with GDB or equivalent.
- Experience developing firmware in pre-silicon environments and on test benches.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
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