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Principal Firmware Engineer
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The Microsoft Silicon Engineering Solutions and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is responsible for developing and delivering the hardware and firmware that powers Microsoft’s "Intelligent Cloud" mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s more than 200 online businesses—including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform—globally. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.
Are you passionate about working on cutting‑edge new technology in a team that embodies a growth mindset? Are you hoping to join an organization built around the mission "To empower every person and organization on this planet to achieve more"?
Responsibilities
Act as a Principal level engineer working with product architects, firmware teams, product managers, and cross‑functional teams to provide critical guidance, system‑level debugging, and troubleshooting for cloud hardware systems, focusing on new technologies like GPU and AI accelerators.
Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, software developers, validation & integration teams, and product managers to ensure firmware requirements and specifications are clearly defined and to highlight any gaps needed for a product.
Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure proper integration and communication between hardware and firmware components.
Design and implement firmware modules to support various hardware interfaces, including USB, vNIC, SPI, I2C, PCIe, and other related protocols.
Perform system‑level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve hardware/firmware‑related issues.
Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 3 years of technical engineering experience.
Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 6 years of technical engineering experience.
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 8 years of technical engineering experience.
OR equivalent experience.
Experience with platform initialization firmware, board support package integration, low‑level drivers for peripherals using one or more of the following: PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, USB, UARTs as well as memory management, scheduling, interrupts, and multi‑threading.
Experience working from early concept of architecture, designing, and delivering on new technologies across the entire platform.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
OR equivalent experience.
Familiarity with AI and machine learning technologies.
Experience working with multiple teams on root‑cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging that resolves complex hardware/firmware interface issues.
In‑depth knowledge of hardware and firmware interfaces: OpenBMC, DMTF MCTP, Redfish, PLDM, SPDM, RAS, UEFI, virtualization/SRIOV.
Experience with high‑performance computing, GPU, and AI accelerator integration into data centers.
Experience with implementation of hardware/firmware security primitives.
Other Requirements
Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements. This includes a Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Firmware Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 – $251,900 per year. In the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $165,600 – $272,300 per year.
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 7, 2025.
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 recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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Principal Firmware Engineer
role at
Microsoft .
The Microsoft Silicon Engineering Solutions and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is responsible for developing and delivering the hardware and firmware that powers Microsoft’s "Intelligent Cloud" mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s more than 200 online businesses—including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform—globally. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for engineers to help achieve that mission.
Are you passionate about working on cutting‑edge new technology in a team that embodies a growth mindset? Are you hoping to join an organization built around the mission "To empower every person and organization on this planet to achieve more"?
Responsibilities
Act as a Principal level engineer working with product architects, firmware teams, product managers, and cross‑functional teams to provide critical guidance, system‑level debugging, and troubleshooting for cloud hardware systems, focusing on new technologies like GPU and AI accelerators.
Collaborate with architects, hardware engineers, software developers, validation & integration teams, and product managers to ensure firmware requirements and specifications are clearly defined and to highlight any gaps needed for a product.
Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure proper integration and communication between hardware and firmware components.
Design and implement firmware modules to support various hardware interfaces, including USB, vNIC, SPI, I2C, PCIe, and other related protocols.
Perform system‑level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve hardware/firmware‑related issues.
Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 3 years of technical engineering experience.
Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 6 years of technical engineering experience.
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field AND at least 8 years of technical engineering experience.
OR equivalent experience.
Experience with platform initialization firmware, board support package integration, low‑level drivers for peripherals using one or more of the following: PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, USB, UARTs as well as memory management, scheduling, interrupts, and multi‑threading.
Experience working from early concept of architecture, designing, and delivering on new technologies across the entire platform.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
OR equivalent experience.
Familiarity with AI and machine learning technologies.
Experience working with multiple teams on root‑cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging that resolves complex hardware/firmware interface issues.
In‑depth knowledge of hardware and firmware interfaces: OpenBMC, DMTF MCTP, Redfish, PLDM, SPDM, RAS, UEFI, virtualization/SRIOV.
Experience with high‑performance computing, GPU, and AI accelerator integration into data centers.
Experience with implementation of hardware/firmware security primitives.
Other Requirements
Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements. This includes a Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Firmware Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 – $251,900 per year. In the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $165,600 – $272,300 per year.
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 7, 2025.
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 recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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