Overview
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 Microsofts 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.
As Microsofts 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. We are seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our team within SCHIE, where we build the foundational firmware that powers Microsoft's Azure infrastructure-including its cutting-edge AI accelerator silicon. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across Azure's custom silicon programs and contribute directly to the firmware stack that enables Microsoft's most advanced AI workloads.
At Microsoft, our mission-to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more-guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress-people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what's next for everyone.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, debug, test, and release firmware for Azure's custom AI silicon programs, including developing and testing firmware on pre-silicon platforms and post-silicon platforms.
Collaborate with silicon, hardware, architecture, and software/firmware teams to deliver secure, production-grade firmware.
Participate and drive SoC bring up and troubleshooting.
Participate and support silicon's Data Center deployment and operation.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field • OR equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:
• Proficient in embedded RUST, RUST RTOS's and toolchains • Experience with SoC bring-up, OS primitives, and multi-threading • Experience in working in pre-silicon environments
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The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.