Microsoft · 16 hours ago
Sr. System Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
5+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on cloud infrastructure and intelligent solutions. They are seeking a Senior System Engineer to collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, test, and debug complex hardware technologies, ensuring quality and performance in their cloud offerings.
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Responsibilities
Work in the end-to-end hardware solution space, collaborating with cross-functional teams across silicon, platform, and customer groups
Design, test, and debug complex hardware technologies for product development
Develop guidelines for validation strategies, manufacturing, system bring-up, and system evaluation
Lead platform and solution-level discussions to influence product architecture and ensure quality goals for reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, and performance
Learn and analyze new interfaces and subsystems, break down complex issues, and collaborate across teams to resolve them promptly
Apply statistical analysis methods to identify complex issues affecting features or product design changes and propose solutions to novel problems
Own the engineering interface between customers and development teams, including silicon, platform, ODM vendors, and factory test/calibration teams, through test/user scenario development
Participate in design reviews between development teams and suppliers
Perform New, Unique, Different (NUD) module feature analysis against supplier capabilities and provide risk mitigation for identified gaps and schedule impacts
Analyze and evaluate build data for each module engineering build, present summaries to development teams, and adjust test specification limits based on analysis
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
3+ years of relevant experience in FPGA and/or embedded system design and validation across all stages of the development and product release cycles
3+ years of experience with hardware, firmware, & software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Preferred
Experience with system engineering processes and practices, including requirements definition, architecture, implementation, and validation
Ability to assess technical risks, drive solutions, and perform impact assessments
Experience developing and executing hardware verification and functional test plans
Experience collaborating across disciplines and organizations to resolve complex issues
Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
Knowledge of high-volume server and FPGA card design and manufacturing
Knowledge of high-speed networking, system interconnect, and memory technologies (PCIe, DDR-DRAM, I2C/SPI/SMBUS)
Ability to perform in a fast-paced product development environment, including designing, testing, and debugging complex hardware technologies
Knowledge of datacenter operations at scale
Experience managing hardware programs through the entire product lifecycle
Company
Microsoft
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