Are you passionate about working on cutting edge new technology in security with 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”? Then this is the role for you. The Azure SCHIE team is responsible for Firmware development of server, silicon, and rack infrastructure design with a focus on innovation in manageability at cloud scale.

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Firmware engineer. You must have proficient C/C++ programing skills, with experience writing low level firmware development, device drivers, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.

Responsibilities
• You will be involved with all phases of product development, from hardware/platform design review through firmware architecture and development.
• At the design phase, you will be part of a team- driving the architecture, design and development of the embedded system including firmware development of low-level hardware interfaces.

You will be responsible for firmware development, deployment and maintenance of the product till the decommissioning of the product.

Qualifications
• 8+ years of professional experience designing, developing software solutions.
• Excellent C/C++ programming skills
• Experienced with security and Embedded Software/Firmware development.
• Strong embedded Linux development experience
• Strong debugging capabilities and demonstrated experience to resolve issues spanning multiple subsystems.
• Experience with Platform initialization, Board support package porting, low level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, USB, UARTs as well as Memory Management, Scheduling, Interrupts, and multi-threading
• The candidate should have strong defensive coding skills, debugging and troubleshooting abilities.
• BS in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical/Electronics engineering or equivalent industry experience

Preferred Qualifications
• The successful candidate should have experience with some or all the following: driver development, Linux driver initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, memory interfaces. OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading.
• Experience in Redfish /IPMI/ BMC or other Server Management protocol an added plus.

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