Firmware Engineer

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 a  Firmware Engineer to help achieve that mission.   The Microsoft Azure team is seeking a experienced Firmware Engineer for, development, debugging, and validation of next-generation firmware solutions for Microsoft AI accelerators and cloud silicon platforms. This role is focused on the design, development , debug and deployment of silicon firmware libraries focused on Compute Domains and High bandwidth memory solutions. This will require experience and very good understanding of SoC architecture, low-level firmware, silicon bring-up, hardware/software co-design, and platform initialization flows. The candidate will own  multiple IP’s or sub systems developing IP Firmware library collaborating across multiple with hardware architects, validation engineers, security and Platform firmware and software teams. #SCHIE Responsibilities Design and develop firmware   Silicon firmware libraries for HBM ,Compute, and SoC infrastructure subsystems. Work closely with silicon architects during specification and design phases. Develop scalable and maintainable firmware frameworks and APIs. Participate and be responsible for their IP libraries Firmware first-silicon bring-up activities. Debug and  root-cause analysis for firmware, hardware, performance, and validation issues. Define firmware verification requirements and test plans. Validate Silicon firmeare libraries in pre -silicon simulation and emulation platforms.

Required Qualifications: Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience 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.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. 3–5 years of hands-on expertise in firmware development, embedded systems, or System-on-Chip (SoC) development. Strong understanding of memory and I/O subsystems within server-class SoC architectures. Proven ability to develop silicon or firmware IP and platform firmware solutions. Demonstrated ownership of the end-to-end firmware development lifecycle, from design and implementation through validation and production delivery. Proficiency in C/C++ and Python programming, with a focus on developing robust, efficient, and scalable firmware. Solid foundation in bootloader design, platform initialization sequences, and silicon abstraction layers. Technical knowledge of network controllers and high-performance computing subsystems. Hands-on involvement in silicon bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis using JTAG, Lauterbach TRACE32, and other industry-standard debugging tools. Familiarity with pre-silicon validation