Principal Hardware Engineer, TPM

Microsoft•Hillsboro, OR

About The Position

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and 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, Teams, 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 engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the CHSE (Cloud Hardware Systems Engineering) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure. We are looking for a Principal Hardware Engineer, TPM with a business mindset and thrives in dynamic environment to drive lab process alignment across the organization. Come be a part of a growing team during an exciting evolution of the Azure Cloud at Microsoft! #SCHIE #CHSE #azurehwjobs

Requirements

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
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.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, OR related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience OR
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
6 years of program management experience
6 years of managing cross-functional work with diverse teams
Demonstrated track record of leadership skills
Working experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
Working knowledge of network equipment, peripherals, and Artificial Intelligence & Compute hardware
Ability to engage in dynamic work environment
Effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
Organizational and documentation skills with attention to details
Collaborative, flexible, self-motivated, problem-solver
Experience in analytics/metrics reporting
MS Office skills: Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end lab support of the SCHIE engineering teams for a major site and across the globe.
Execute lab alignment, planning, and strategizing to support the success of SCHIE programs.
Drive lab process improvements & activities such as lab builds, procurement, inventory, safety, security, audits, etc.
Manage lab work scope, schedule/risks, budget, vendors/suppliers, etc.
Partner with engineering, management, finance, and other support teams.
Coordinate with other Lab TPMs across multiple SCHIE locations.
Collaborate with other organizations across Microsoft for lab alignment and lab resources sharing.
Ensure proper communication and adequate lab documentation.
Drive roadmap-to-lab capacity planning (space, power/cooling, network ports, racks/benches, tooling, and support coverage) to ensure program readiness.
Own AI/compute rack readiness for lab deployments (rack integration, power distribution, cabling/optics, network bring-up, and burn-in scheduling) in support of key program milestones.
Lead new lab site standup and expansion efforts including build plan, move/cutover planning, go/no-go readiness criteria, and early life support stabilization.
Drive platform refresh and transition planning across lab environments (coexistence strategy, migration waves, tooling/firmware baselines, and asset disposition) to minimize disruption to engineering execution.
Manage lab constraints and tradeoffs across competing programs by running regular priority, dependency, and blocker reviews with clear escalation paths.
Own long-lead procurement strategy and tracking for critical lab equipment and infrastructure (compute, network, power, and specialty tools) including alternates, expediting, and vendor performance management.
Coordinate cross-site lab resource sharing and standardization across SCHIE locations (processes, rack templates, inventory taxonomy, and runbooks) to enable geo expansion and consistent execution.
Strengthen lab governance and audit readiness by implementing compliance-by-design processes (access reviews, asset controls, documentation/evidence collection) aligned to Microsoft and customer requirements.
Embody our Culture and Values
Performs related duties as assigned