Firmware Engineer

Firmware Engineer II

Overview

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering Solutions and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is responsible for developing and delivering the hardware and firmware that is 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, Skype, 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 trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, motivated engineers to help achieve that mission.  
Are you passionate about working on cutting edge new technology in a team that embodies the 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”?

Responsibilities

The Firmware Center of Excellence is responsible for Hardware/Firmware for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation Hardware/Firmware for server, silicon and rack infrastructure with a focus on innovation in firmware technology.

We are looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer with a strong background in Firmware Integration and deployments at large scale. You must have proven background in managing cross functional firmware teams to integrate, debug and deploy firmware at scale.

You must also have very good knowledge of firmware architecture on server or client platforms. You must have basic knowledge of automation development, any one scripting language.

You must be strong in software development skills and proficient with at least one major programming language.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Min experience 5+ years

Mandaotory Skills : Automation, Firmware Development, Firmware Debug, BIOS, BMC, Debug Tools

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++
Firmware Architecture, Integration, validation, debug on server or client platform or any other multi-firmware platform
Stakeholder management across teams and organizations to influence, drive and achieve goals together.
Building toolchains (automation, debug tools, log analyzers etc) to integrate, debug and interpret large scale firmware data
Experience with AI & ML models (e.g., Agentic AI framework, AI Foundry, Semantic Kernel, Foundry SDK, Responsible AI, fine-tuning/inferencing, etc.) will be added plus
Building information systems such as dashboards (standalone, PowerBI) to drive insights.

What makes your application stand out:
Hands on experience in firmware integration validation
Automation development for firmware updates
Understanding of firmware components such as: UEFI BMC GPU

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding OR equivalent experience.
Problem solving, debugging troubleshooting skills, advanced design, and development skills.
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Experience in architecting, designing and developing software solutions.
Experience with AI tools used in software development.
Experience applying AI or data science concepts in academic, professional, or personal projects, particularly in the context of cloud-based systems.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Experience Level

Senior Level