Senior Software Engineer

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering Solutions and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is responsible for developing and delivering the hardware and firmware that is 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 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 and we are looking for passionate, motivated engineers to help achieve that mission.

Are you passionate about working on cutting edge new technology in a team that embodies the growth mindset? Are you hoping to join an organization which is built on a mission “To empower every person and organization on this planet to achieve more”?

The Firmware Center of Excellence is responsible for Hardware/Firmware for Azure Infrastructure. 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 are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with a background in system debug to work on lighting up these various technologies as each team produces their part. You must have experience with System-on-Chip (SoC) Architecture and Design, bring up of SoC, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.
Responsibilities
As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) you would be working with product architects, firmware teams, product managers and provide critical guidance, system-level debugging and troubleshooting to various teams on Cloud HW systems, focusing on new technologies like GPU and AI accelerators.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Architects, hardware engineers, software developers, validation & integration and product managers and ensure that firmware requirements and specifications are clearly defined and highlight any gaps required for a product
Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure proper integration and communication between hardware and firmware components.
Design and implement firmware modules to support various hardware interfaces, including USB vNIC, SPI, I2C, PCIe, and other related protocols.
Perform system-level debugging and troubleshooting to identify and resolve hardware/firmware-related issues.

Qualifications
8+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience.
Experience with working from early concept of Architecture, designing, and delivering on new technologies across the entire platform.
Experience working with multiple teams on Root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resulting into solving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues.
Experience with Platform initialization, Board support package integration, low level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, USB, UARTs as well as Memory Management, Scheduling, Interrupts and multi-threading.
Hands on experience in programming in Python and C/C++
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:
10+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience.
In-depth knowledge of hardware and firmware interfaces: OpenBMC, DMTF MCTP, Redfish, PLDM, SPDM, RAS, UEFI, Virtualization/SRIOV
Experience working with High performance computing, GPU and AI accelerator integration into Data center
Experience with Implementation of Hardware/Firmware Security primitives
Experience with Windows and Linux Operating systems and kernel and application level.
Passionate about coaching team members and helping them grow.

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