Firmware Engineer II

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

2d • $102,100 - $219,200

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) develops the infrastructure and foundational technologies powering Microsoft’s cloud services. The Firmware Center of Excellence creates firmware for Microsoft Cloud servers and racks worldwide, with a focus on next-generation server, silicon, and rack infrastructure and firmware technologies that help secure Azure infrastructure. The Firmware Engineer II develops and maintains embedded firmware and debugging capabilities for MAIA and Cobalt platforms, investigates and resolves system issues, and builds tools for automated data collection and analysis. The role works with firmware, silicon, platform, operating system, and fleet teams.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and at least 1 year of technical engineering experience; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and at least 2 years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in embedded-system design, development, integration, validation, or system-level debugging.
• Experience developing embedded firmware in C or C++.
• Experience debugging firmware or embedded systems using logs, source-level debugging, or hardware tools.
• Experience scripting for automation or engineering-data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded firmware, low-level drivers, initialization flows, and diagnostic instrumentation for MAIA and Cobalt platforms.
• Investigate boot failures, crashes, hangs, and functional or reliability issues using source code, register state, logs, crash dumps, and hardware debug tools.
• Reproduce failures in laboratory environments and implement firmware fixes, workarounds, and regression tests.
• Develop scripts and reusable tools for telemetry collection, failure-signature extraction, and automated analysis across laboratory and fleet datasets.
• Use data analysis and approved AI-assisted tools to summarize evidence and identify patterns, validating conclusions against hardware and firmware behavior.
• Collaborate with firmware, silicon, platform, OS, and fleet teams to resolve issues and document reproducible debugging procedures and lessons learned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level