Senior Firmware Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Mountain View)

Senior Firmware Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Mountain View

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

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 its server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. The Firmware Center of Excellence is responsible for Hardware/Firmware for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation 1P AI and compute silicon with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers. We are looking for highly motivated Firmware Engineers with background in Firmware development in embedded systems.

Job Responsibility:

Architecting software at various layers of the stack, from boot ROMs to drivers to runtimes
Contributing to all phases of product development, from design through manufacturing and productization
Contribute to the architecture and design of various firmware components, including driver interfaces (PCIe, SPI, I2C, I3C), system libraries needed for SoC bring-up, protocol and feature development of low-level hardware
Perform system-level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware architects and engineers, software developers, validation & integration and product managers to define firmware requirements and specifications
Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud firmware technologies and provide recommendations for improvement

Requirements:

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
equivalent experience
8+ years of Experience in FW and or Embedded SW development experience, particularly in a multi-core platform environment
6+ years of Programming experience in C/C++
Understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories
Responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams to debug the issues at the cross section of multiple sub-systems
Demonstrated experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design, and coding for solutions at scale
Problem-solving and analytical skills
Experience working with multiple teams on root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues
Communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling
Basic Verilog (or any other HDL) programming & waveform debugging
Debugging skills with GDB or equivalent
Experience developing firmware in pre-silicon environments and on test benches
Shipped products running firmware or embedded software you’ve written
Experience with one or more of these: drivers, DMA, PCIe, NVMe, image video encoders/decoders, memory controllers/training, boot flows, or power management

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 20, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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