Firmware Engineer 2

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.

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.

Responsibilities: • 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. • Contributing 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. • Performing system-level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues. • Collaborating with cross-functional teams including hardware architects and engineers, software developers, validation & integration and product managers to define firmware requirements and specifications. • Staying up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud firmware technologies and providing recommendations for improvement.

Required Qualifications: • Bachelors or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or similar. • 5+ years of Experience in FW and or Embedded SW development experience, particularly in a multi-core platform environment • 3+ years of Programming experience in C/C++ • Solid understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories. • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to debug issues at the cross section of multiple sub-systems. • Demonstrated experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design, and coding for solutions at scale • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. • Experience working with multiple teams on root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting in solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues. • Self-motivated and able to work independently. • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications: • Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling. • Basic Verilog (or any other HDL) programming & waveform debugging • Excellent 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.