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 deliver trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate 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.
The FW Center of Excellence is responsible for Hardware Firmware (HW/FW) for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation HW/FW for server, silicon, and rack infrastructure with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Firmware Engineer with a background in system validation and debug to work on lighting up these various technologies as each team produces their part. You need to have experience with SoC (System on a Chip) Architecture and Design, bring up SoC, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience designing, developing, or testing, software and hardware.
• Experience with working from early concept of SoC/Platform Architecture and design to shipping final product.
• Experience with Platform Initialization, Manageability, Security, Motherboard, Drivers, UEFI, BMC, OS, Virtualization, Memory Management, RAS, and similar areas.
• Experience in assessing coverage, debugging HW/SW issues, and writing scripts (Python or similar)
• Experience working on multiple products supporting customer issues with troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Experience with Architecting, Designing, and delivering on new Data Center class technologies across the entire platform.
• Debugging experience resulting into solving complex HW/FW interface issues.
• Experience with Implementation of Hardware/Firmware Security primitives.
• Experience developing SW/HW coverage, stimulus, and test content.
• Experience with FW development life cycle with emphasis on FW validation and integration.
  Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 2, 2024.
  

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• You will be involved with all phases of product development, from architectural design through firmware architecture and development.
• Working with stakeholders and partners, you will enhance and fine tune future HW/SW product solutions and architect new ones.
• You will drive, define, implement, and lead execution of FW integration and validation test plans.
• You will be responsible for firmware level debug as part of end-to-end firmware development and debug. You are expected to source, debug, and resolve HW & SW bugs.
• You will architect and implement test cases and frameworks that will be utilized to conduct testing and establish coverage.
• You will identify and address inefficiencies and gaps in coverage, testing, execution, etc.
• You will set expectations, negotiate timelines, and manage handshakes, dependencies, and deliverables.
• You will be a mentor, guide, and help peers and other team members.