14 hours ago
Base Salary
$143k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the BIOS/UEFI portfolio supporting the Azure fleet.
- Drive strategic improvements to BIOS/UEFI security, including vulnerability remediation and firmware currency.
- Oversee BIOS/UEFI development, requirements compliance, validation, schedules, and rollout plans for new hardware SKUs.
- Implement requirements that improve hardware performance, telemetry, and diagnostics.
- Manage requirements and feature delivery through planning, backlogs, sprints, and milestones.
- Define vendor-agnostic requirements and collaborate with silicon vendors, ODMs, OEMs, architects, technical program managers, and engineering leaders.
- Advance BIOS/UEFI standardization efforts within Microsoft and across the silicon industry.
Requirements
- Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus 3+ years of technical engineering experience; or a master’s degree plus 6+ years; or a bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Preferred: 12+ years of experience, with the majority as a technical lead or similar.
- Proficiency developing low-level firmware or software for hardware platforms, including firmware, BIOS, UEFI, EDK2, and BMC.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional projects and managing product lifecycles from inception through release.
- Experience with firmware/software development, testing strategies, requirements definition, CPU/SoC product development, or data center hardware/software projects.
- Preferred experience with more than 10 years of software development using languages such as C, C++, C#, or Python.
- Strong leadership, strategic thinking, problem-solving, communication, prioritization, and independent execution skills.
Benefits
- The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $142,800-$274,800 per year; a separate range applies to the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the position open for at least five days.
About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.