Base Salary
$102k - $202k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain firmware and driver solutions for Microsoft custom silicon platforms, including MAIA and COBALT, across the Azure fleet.
- Contribute to architecture, design, silicon bring-up, validation, manufacturing, and productization.
- Design firmware components including driver interfaces, SoC bring-up libraries, low-level hardware protocols, and platform features.
- Participate in firmware architecture and technical design reviews.
- Drive hardware-software integration for new silicon capabilities and collaborate with silicon, electrical, hardware, operating system, and platform software teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus 2+ years of technical engineering experience, or a master’s degree plus 1+ year, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience designing and developing firmware solutions, including UEFI and ARM Trusted Firmware.
- 2+ years of experience developing production software in C, C++, and Rust.
- 2+ years of experience with interfaces or protocols such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, USB, or UART.
- Preferred qualifications include ARM64 SoC and Armv8 experience, boot flows, trusted firmware, system initialization, complex hardware-software debugging, and a doctorate or additional technical engineering experience depending on degree level.
- Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check and applicable customer or government security screenings.
Benefits
- The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $102,100–$202,200 per year, with a separate range for certain San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area locations.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- The position is open for a minimum of 5 days and accepts applications on an ongoing basis until filled.
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