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 globallywith 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.

We are looking for a passionateFirmware Engineer with a background in firmware/system validation framework development and/or system integration.

• Software Design & Architecture: Proficient understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns (creational, structural, behavioral). Ability to design modular, maintainable, and scalable systems.
• System Software Coordination: Coordinate, integrate, and debug system software comprising different domains within server architecture (such as SoC FWs, BIOS, BMC, Rack Manager, etc.) and network connection interfaces (Serial, SSH, TCP, Telnet).
• Toolchain & Packaging: Experience with modern Python packaging tools (e.g., Poetry, uv). Knowledge of semantic versioning, lock files, and dependency pinning for reproducible builds.
• Experience with virtual environments and multi-version compatibility strategies.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Exhibit debugging and troubleshooting skills to ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with architects, firmware, program management, and component development teams for day-to-day operations and long-term roadmap improvements by feeding back key learnings.
• Innovation: Be passionate about exploring and deploying novel methods to improve unit/integration test coverage, release/test automation pipelines, and the efficiency of our firmware releases.
• Documentation: Create documentation for system design and wiki pages.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in backend design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging.
• Understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns (creational, structural, behavioral) and ability to design modular, maintainable, and scalable systems.
• Demonstrated experience in automation framework (such as Robot Framework), system level Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), and debugging of system software
• Experience with Python packaging tools (e.g., Poetry, uv) and experience in Powershell, YAML, C++, Rust, Git, Visual Studio.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) for packaging and release automation and experience with virtual environments and multi-version compatibility strategies.
• Experience in firmware validation on multiple HW test environments (Boards, FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.).
• Awareness of secure coding practices and compliance requirements during packaging and release.

Firmware Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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.