Senior Firmware Engineer

Microsoft • San Diego, CA

74d • $106,400 - $203,600

About The Position

Are you passionate about working on cutting edge new technology in security with a team that embodies a 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 Platform Security and Confidentiality team is responsible for firmware development of server, silicon and rack infrastructure design with a focus on innovation in security technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience designing and developing software solutions.
• Proficient in C/C++, RUST programming.
• Experienced with security and embedded software/firmware development.
• Knowledge in encryption ciphers and security protocols.
• Proficient in 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.
• Coding skills, debugging and troubleshooting abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with one or more of the following: driver development, Linux driver initialization, peripherals such as PCIe, memory interfaces, OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading.
• Experience with penetration testing.

Responsibilities

• Involved with all phases of product development, from microarchitecture design through firmware architecture and development.
• Collaborate within the team at the design phase, driving the architecture, design and development of the security sub-systems including firmware development of low-level hardware interfaces.
• Evaluate third party components security design to ensure they meet Azure's requirements for platform security.

Benefits

• Base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year.
• Different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees