Principal Firmware Architect at Microsoft in the United States
About the job
The role of Principal Firmware Architect Job in Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and is 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 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.
The Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering Firmware Development team is responsible for the 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). We need to be always learning and insatiably curious. We need to be willing to lean into uncertainty, take risks, and move quickly when we make mistakes, recognizing failure happens along the way to mastery and we need to be open to the ideas of others, where the success of others does not diminish our own.
Customer obsessed
We will learn about our customers and their businesses with a beginner’s mind and then bring solutions that meet their needs. We will be insatiable in our desire to learn from the outside and bring it into Microsoft, while still innovating to surprise and delight our users.
Diverse & inclusive
The world is diverse. We will better serve everyone on the planet by representing everyone on the planet. We will be open to learning our own biases and changing our behaviors, so we can tap into the collective power of everyone at Microsoft. We don’t just value differences, we seek them out, we invite them in. And as a result, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our customers are better served.
One Microsoft
We are a family of individuals united by a single, shared mission. It’s our ability to work together that makes our dreams believable and ultimately achievable. We will build on the ideas of others and collaborate across boundaries to bring the best of Microsoft to our customers as one. We are proud to be part of team Microsoft.
Making a difference
If we commit to being customer-obsessed, becoming more diverse and inclusive, and operating as One Microsoft, we will achieve our mission to empower every person and organization on the planet. Beyond that, we will make a difference and find deep meaning in our work. We stand in awe of what humans dare to achieve and are motivated every day to empower others to do more and achieve more through our technology and innovation.
We fundamentally believe that we need a culture founded in a Growth Mindset. It starts with a belief that everyone can grow and develop; that potential is nurtured, not pre-determined; and that anyone can change their mindset.
Our teams are responsible for Firmware development of server, silicon, and rack infrastructure design with a focus on innovation for Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers for MAIA and Cobalt product lines.
If you are a trusted engineer with a passion for building highly reliable, scalable distributed systems; If you want hands-on services architecture experience and like to produce impact across a large number of systems; if you have a penchant for learning and utilizing 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.
This is expected to be a hands-on role, where you will have the opportunity to work with a team of extremely talented engineers to deliver innovation at scale and own delivery of products to Azure datacenters.
Proficient C programming skills, with experience with System-on-chip (SoC) Architecture and Design, writing low-level drivers, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.
We are looking for a Principal Firmware Architect to join the team!
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The role is up to 100% work from home.
Responsibilities:
This role is for a highly motivated Principal Firmware Architect with a background in firmware development for embedded systems. You will be contributing to all phases of product development, from design through manufacturing and productization. You will create the firmware architecture for key systems and work closely with hardware teams to ensure hardware integrates well with the firmware. You will contribute to the design of various firmware components, including driver interface, system libraries needed for SoC bring-up, protocol, and feature development of low-level hardware.
The candidate should have effective technical leadership skills, coding skills, debugging and troubleshooting abilities, with experience in firmware development. The chosen candidate should have experience with some or all the following: firmware development, SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board support package porting, and peripherals such as PCIe, NVMe, I2C, SPI, USB, UARTs. OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, and threading.
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
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OR equivalent experience.
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6+ years of professional experience designing, architecting, and developing software solutions.
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Experience with firmware architecture.
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Proven and demonstrable skills in C (Programming).
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Other Requirements:
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The ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is 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.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
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Collaboration (aligned with a team, across teams).
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Passionate about coaching team members and helping them grow.
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Wants new technological challenges and can deal with ambiguity.
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Proficient problem-solving, debugging troubleshooting skills, advanced design, and development skills.
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MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience
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Ability to debug and resolve issues spanning multiple subsystems.
The ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is 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.
Software Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD 133,600 – $256,800 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 173,200 – $282,200 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 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 reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation Request form.
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