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Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and is responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers 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 server and data centre 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 hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the CHSE team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer‑focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimise the Cloud infrastructure.
We are looking for a
Principal Platform System Engineer
to join the team.
Responsibilities
Exhibit strong technical leadership while efficiently overseeing a team of highly skilled engineers in the role of a Technical Lead.
Collaborate with architecture, silicon engineering, firmware, hardware design, hardware validation, OS, manufacturing, and customer teams to build state‑of‑the‑art AI, compute, storage, networking, and accelerator hardware solutions.
Plan and lead system debug activities. Work with cross‑organisation teams in defining pre‑silicon platform bring‑up, test, and validation execution. Own and drive the platform bring‑up with SOC, test and validation plans & execution.
Lead and cross‑functional/cross‑org work groups, leading innovative solutions and solving complex problems.
Analyze new interfaces and subsystems to develop integration plans, analyse power efficiency, debug integration issues, and provide recommendations.
Define system behaviour and concept of operations for the platform to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software, serviceability, telemetry, and customer expectations.
Perform NUDD (new, unique, different, and difficult) technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations.
Drive technical requirements and ensure the solution is flexible and scalable across the full (HW/FW/SW) stack.
Enable platform and solution‑level discussions, influence architecture of the product, and deliver to product goals across quality, reliability, and performance.
Collaborate with internal, external, and open‑source partners to onboard innovative technologies in a seamless manner.
Perform hands‑on debugging of critical platform‑level issues.
Develop innovative debugging methodologies for triage and resolution of issues in remote data centres.
Qualifications Required Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience.
OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience.
OR equivalent experience.
8+ years of relevant experience in compute and/or AI systems/platforms design and development.
8+ years of relevant experience in SOC development.
8+ years of hands‑on experience in compute and/or AI hardware architecture, design, development with solid understanding of hardware, firmware, and Operating System (OS).
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
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, being able to partner across organisations.
Hardware Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year. For the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $188,000 – $304,200 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 November 16, 2025.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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Principal Platform System Engineer
role at
Microsoft .
Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and is responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers 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 server and data centre 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 hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the CHSE team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer‑focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimise the Cloud infrastructure.
We are looking for a
Principal Platform System Engineer
to join the team.
Responsibilities
Exhibit strong technical leadership while efficiently overseeing a team of highly skilled engineers in the role of a Technical Lead.
Collaborate with architecture, silicon engineering, firmware, hardware design, hardware validation, OS, manufacturing, and customer teams to build state‑of‑the‑art AI, compute, storage, networking, and accelerator hardware solutions.
Plan and lead system debug activities. Work with cross‑organisation teams in defining pre‑silicon platform bring‑up, test, and validation execution. Own and drive the platform bring‑up with SOC, test and validation plans & execution.
Lead and cross‑functional/cross‑org work groups, leading innovative solutions and solving complex problems.
Analyze new interfaces and subsystems to develop integration plans, analyse power efficiency, debug integration issues, and provide recommendations.
Define system behaviour and concept of operations for the platform to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software, serviceability, telemetry, and customer expectations.
Perform NUDD (new, unique, different, and difficult) technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations.
Drive technical requirements and ensure the solution is flexible and scalable across the full (HW/FW/SW) stack.
Enable platform and solution‑level discussions, influence architecture of the product, and deliver to product goals across quality, reliability, and performance.
Collaborate with internal, external, and open‑source partners to onboard innovative technologies in a seamless manner.
Perform hands‑on debugging of critical platform‑level issues.
Develop innovative debugging methodologies for triage and resolution of issues in remote data centres.
Qualifications Required Qualifications:
Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience.
OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience.
OR equivalent experience.
8+ years of relevant experience in compute and/or AI systems/platforms design and development.
8+ years of relevant experience in SOC development.
8+ years of hands‑on experience in compute and/or AI hardware architecture, design, development with solid understanding of hardware, firmware, and Operating System (OS).
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
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, being able to partner across organisations.
Hardware Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year. For the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $188,000 – $304,200 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 November 16, 2025.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Microsoft by 2x.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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