18 hours ago
Base Salary
$120k - $261k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own firmware-based diagnostic readiness for Azure server platforms from architecture and bring-up through production support.
- Design diagnostic frameworks spanning silicon telemetry, hardware interfaces, platform firmware, operating systems, and cloud health systems.
- Lead platform bring-up, validation, and root-cause investigations for hardware, firmware, and system software issues.
- Develop diagnostic telemetry, health monitoring, fault detection, automation, and triage tooling for fleet reliability.
- Partner with silicon vendors, ODM/OEM partners, and internal platform teams to define diagnostic requirements and improve serviceability.
- Mentor engineers and drive design reviews, code reviews, metrics, validation coverage, and secure firmware practices.
Requirements
- A doctorate plus 1+ year, master’s degree plus 4+ years, or bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of experience developing platform firmware, embedded software, or low-level systems software for server, embedded, or datacenter platforms.
- Strong proficiency in C/C++ and experience building, debugging, and shipping firmware through full development cycles.
- Experience developing or debugging firmware-based diagnostic and validation solutions for server-class hardware.
- Ability to independently root-cause cross-stack issues involving hardware, firmware, operating systems, telemetry, and infrastructure.
- Experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure, hyperscale datacenters, Azure infrastructure, or fleet health management systems.
- Knowledge of memory diagnostics, PCIe diagnostics, storage reliability, accelerator/GPU health monitoring, or platform serviceability.
- Experience with firmware telemetry pipelines, cloud-scale diagnostic data analytics, reliability analysis, predictive failure detection, and automation frameworks.
- Experience with Rust, C#, Redfish protocols, and service-oriented architecture for firmware, diagnostics, platform management, or telemetry systems.
- Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other applicable security screening requirements.
- Experience using AI-assisted or agentic code development workflows is an additional qualification.
Benefits
- The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $119,800–$234,700 per year, with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City range of USD $160,200–$261,000 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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.