Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Hardware/Firmware engineer who is passionate about delivering Cloud Hardware Solutions and would like to translate this passion into development of world class Azure Cloud HW Infrastructure solutions and delivering services to millions of Azure customers. The Azure Cloud HW Infrastructure Engineering/ Systems Engineering team is seeking a highly motivated and talented Principal systems engineer to develop Cloud Hardware solutions. Microsoft provides ample opportunities for developers to have impact on products that touch the lives of millions of Azure Cloud users.

As a Principal Hardware Systems Engineer, you will work directly with cross-functional teams, internal customer engineering groups, Azure Software teams, supply chain teams and silicon (CPU/GPGPU/FPGA/Storage/Networking) suppliers, to define and design system-level interfaces, develop system-level specifications, and deliver high quality hardware solutions into the data centers. This is an opportunity to leverage and grow your existing hardware/firmware/power design experiences and provide innovative E2E hardware solutions to Microsoft Cloud.

* Lead system-level initial concept discussions and architect system-level solutions, to meet Microsoft's Cloud HW solution key goals of performance, reliability, availability, serviceability, safety and security.
* Develop node/rack system-level requirements, system-level architecture specs, behavioral specs, OEM/ODM design guides for different Cloud workloads, use models and DC scenarios.
* Lead technical discussions and formulate innovative solutions to complex scenarios/use models of a DC deployment.
* Lead debug taskforces/tiger teams to root-cause complex system-level issues during development and/or reported from world-wide DCs.
* Collaborate with internal and external partner organizations to ensure overall HW solution meet significant quality, reliability, and service level requirements for a cloud environment.
* Architect system-level test scenarios and guide validation engineers, junior systems engineers, automation engineers to execute and automate the test scenarios.

Required Qualifications:

* BS/MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related degree
* 10+ years of relevant experience in server systems/platforms design and development for enterprise or cloud market segments.
* Minimum 8+ years of hands-on experience in server hardware architecture, design, development with solid understanding of hardware, firmware, and OS interfaces.
* Strong technical communication skills (verbal and written) to interface with cross-functional technical leads within and/or outside of the organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience in evaluating off the shelf OEM hardware designs, HW/FW/OS interactions, platform config trade-offs, performance tuning and optimizations is required.
* Experience in platform level test architecture and usage of debug tools like (ITP, Arium, ARM JTAG tools or equivalent).
* Experienced in debugging complex system level issues and ability to root-cause/identifying potential fixes down to a board hardware, signal integrity, CPLD, thermal and Firmware components, OS is required.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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.

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