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Microsoft · 3 days ago

Principal Firmware Architect

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$162K/yr - $286K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

You will be involved with all phases of product development, from architectural design through firmware architecture and development.

Working with stakeholders and partners, you will enhance and fine-tune future Hardware / Software (HW/SW) product solutions and architect new ones.

You will drive, define, implement, and lead the execution of FW integration and validation test plans.

You will be responsible for firmware level debug as part of end-to-end firmware development and debug. You are expected to source, debug, and resolve HW & SW bugs.

You will architect and implement test cases and frameworks that will be utilized to conduct testing and establish coverage.

You will identify and address inefficiencies and gaps in coverage, testing, execution, etc.

You will set expectations, negotiate timelines, and manage handshakes, dependencies, and deliverables.

You will mentor, guide, and help peers and other team members.

Qualification

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Security ScreeningSoftware DevelopmentHardware DevelopmentTestingSoC ArchitecturePlatform DesignPlatform InitializationManageabilitySecurityMotherboard DesignDriver DevelopmentUEFIBMCOSVirtualizationMemory ManagementRASDebuggingScriptingPythonData Center TechnologiesFirmware DevelopmentSecurity ImplementationCoverage AssessmentScript WritingCustomer SupportTroubleshootingArchitectingFW ValidationIntegration

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

12+ years of professional experience designing, developing, or testing, software and hardware

Experience with working from early concept of SoC/Platform Architecture and design to shipping final product

Experience with Platform Initialization, Manageability, Security, Motherboard, Drivers, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), Operating System (OS), Virtualization, Memory Management, Remote Access Server (RAS), and similar areas

Experience in leading teams, assessing coverage, debugging HW/SW issues, and writing scripts (Python or similar)

Experience working on multiple products supporting customer issues with good troubleshooting and debugging skills

Experience with Architecting, Designing, and delivering on new Data Center class technologies across the entire platform

Debug experience resulting in solving complex HW/FW interface issues

Experience with Implementation of Hardware/Firmware Security primitives

Experience developing SW/HW coverage, stimulus, and test content

Experience with FW development life cycle with emphasis on FW validation and integration

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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