Firmware Engineer II
About The Position
Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) builds and operates infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s cloud services. The Firmware Center of Excellence develops firmware for Microsoft Cloud servers and racks, including next-generation server, silicon, and rack infrastructure, with a focus on firmware technology that secures Azure infrastructure. The Firmware Engineer II develops and maintains embedded firmware for MAIA and Cobalt platforms, investigates and reproduces firmware and hardware failures, implements fixes and regression tests, and builds tools for telemetry collection and automated analysis. The role works closely with firmware, silicon, platform, operating system, and fleet teams to resolve issues and document debugging procedures.
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 a 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.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. residency, or other protected status to establish eligibility to access export-controlled information; citizenship will be verified with a valid passport, with other applicable documents permitted for lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.
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 lab environments and implement firmware fixes, workarounds, and regression tests.
- Develop scripts and reusable tools for telemetry collection, failure-signature extraction, and automated analysis across lab 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 debug procedures and lessons learned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
