Principal Firmware Debug & Dev Engineer

Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsofts expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsofts Intelligent Cloud mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsofts 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.

We in SCHIEs Firmware Center of Excellence create the foundational firmware that powers the Microsoft Cloud. Our firmware lights up millions of servers and racks across the globe enabling users to do everything from running blogs to crunching through powerful AI algorithms. Were a growing team of diverse talented & passionate engineers inventing and delivering technology to light up the worlds computer! We are working on the next generation hardware/firmware for server silicon and rack infrastructure with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers. We believe that a robust firmware infrastructure leads to incredibly powerful computing experiencesif you believe this too we need you! We are seeking a Principal Firmware Debug & Dev Engineer.

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• Drives product quality from bring-up to deployment partnering with cross organizational teams.
• Lead critical ambiguous investigations spanning firmware silicon boards OS drivers and fleet infrastructure; drive evidence-based root cause and corrective action.
• Guide firmware architecture and implementation decisions that improve error reporting crash capture recovery diagnosability and reliability.
• Establish reusable approaches for telemetry quality failure classification fleet-scale correlation reproducibility and regression prevention.
• Lead with AI data-science-assisted debug methods with evaluation of accuracy false positives engineering usefulness and data-handling controls.
• Define diagnostic readiness and knowledge-transfer expectations with component teams before deployment and broader fleet adoption.
• Influence cross-team priorities and mentor engineers while remaining directly engaged in difficult technical problems.

Required Qualifications:

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 3 years technical engineering experience OR Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 6 years technical engineering experience OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field AND 8 years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Other Qualifications:

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.

This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations the EU Dual Use Regulation and/or other export control a condition of employment the successful candidate will be requiredto provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their US. residency or other protected status(e.g. under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled meet this legal requirement and as a condition of employment the successful candidates citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents refugees and asylees may verify status using other documents where applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 years of technical engineering experience
• OR Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field AND 10 years of technical engineering experience
• OR Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field AND 7 years of technical engineering experience
• OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field AND 5 years of technical engineering experience.
• Experience System/Silicon debug firmware development in C or C and validation using scripting for engineering automation.
• Experience leading cross-functional silicon/system investigations and delivering firmware or debug from Power-on/Bring-up into deployed products.
• Experience defining firmware/software diagnostics or observability and using telemetry or automated analysis to resolve complex system failures.
• Experience with SoC architecture platform initialization memory subsystems PCIe or other low-level interfaces and OS/RTOS concepts such as scheduling interrupts and concurrency.
• Experience with firmware security error reporting crash capture recovery and reliability mechanisms.
• Experience with silicon/platform bring-up lab debugging and deployment of reusable diagnostics or regression coverage.
• Experience applying Python KQL/SQL or equivalent analysis tools statistical methods or AI-assisted diagnostics to fleet failure analysis with evaluation of evidence quality and false positives.
• Experience influencing cross-product engineering priorities mentoring technical leaders and turning investigation findings into firmware or platform design improvements.

Firmware Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142800 - $274800 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 $188000 - $304200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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.

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