Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Electrical Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on delivering innovative cloud solutions. They are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead electrical design execution, drive collaboration among functional teams, and ensure product functionality and performance for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Understand customer requirements and high-level architectural design, lead electrical design execution at system level, responsible for detailed design specifications
Drive internal design collaboration among all functional teams (thermal, mechanical, firmware, OS), guide external partners (ODM/OEM/Suppliers) for detailed design implementation, ensure product functionality, performance, quality and reliability
Responsible for complete and deep design review, including schematics, board files, BOM, DFT, DFM, etc
Work with team members to define board level bring-up and electrical test requirements, ensure complete coverage, execute or guarantee execution
Work with partner teams to create system level bring-up and end-to-end validation test plans, ensure complete coverage, guarantee execution
Troubleshooting, issue triage, leading hardware related debug efforts with partner teams, drive resolution and bug reports
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Experience with high volume hardware production in compute, storage, networking, accelerator and/or management module
Knowledge about datacenters & operations at scale
Experience with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, and ethernet
In-depth experience with operating systems (Windows and/or Linux), system firmware (BIOS, BMC), and system security (hardware and software)
Proven verbal and written communication and presentation skills
10+ years of relevant hands-on experience in system level (compute, storage, networking, accelerator card and or management module) design and/or implementation across the hardware development lifecycle
Experience with high-speed and high-power products design
10+ years' experience developing board and system level bring-up and test plans
Experience executing hardware validation and functional test plans
10+ years' experience debugging board and system level issues for Cloud Servers
Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks, drive discussions, detail system tradeoffs, and assess impact
Excellent team player
Company
Microsoft
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