Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Firmware Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is a leader in cloud infrastructure and is seeking a Principal Firmware Engineer to join their Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering team. The role involves designing and developing server and rack infrastructure firmware to support Microsoft's online services, focusing on automation and system-level debugging.
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Responsibilities
Architectural and “Big Picture” Vision: Understand the system-level “big picture” to define and execute on the architecture for automation framework/infrastructure used in firmware validation across multiple organizations
Design and Development: understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns (creational, structural, behavioral). Ability to design modular, maintainable, and scalable systems
System Software Coordination: Coordinate, integrate, and debug automation framework for system software comprising different domains within server architecture (such as SoC FWs, BIOS, BMC, Rack Manager, etc.) and network connection interfaces (Serial, SSH, TCP, Telnet)
Project Planning: Plan project roadmaps for new features spanning several months and break them down into actionable tasks and deadlines
Toolchain & Packaging: Experience with modern Python packaging tools (e.g., Poetry, uv). Knowledge of semantic versioning, lock files, and dependency pinning for reproducible builds, virtual environments and multi-version compatibility strategies
Debugging and Troubleshooting: Exhibit debugging and troubleshooting skills to ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases. Create documentation for system design
Collaboration: Collaborate deeply with architects, firmware, program management, and component development teams for day-to-day operations and long-term roadmap improvements by feeding back key learnings
Innovation: Be passionate about exploring and deploying novel methods to improve unit/integration test coverage, release/test automation pipelines, and the efficiency of our firmware releases
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, 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. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - 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
12+ years of professional experience in automation framework design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging
Understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns (creational, structural, behavioral)
Ability to design modular, maintainable, and scalable systems
Demonstrated experience in automation framework (such as Robot Framework), system level Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), and debugging of system software
Experience with Python, packaging tools (e.g., Poetry, uv)
Experience in Powershell, YAML, C++, Rust, Git, Visual Studio
Expertise in CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) for packaging and release automation
Experience with virtual environments and multi-version compatibility strategies
Experience in firmware validation on multiple HW test environments (Boards, FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.)
Awareness of secure coding practices and compliance requirements during packaging and release
Understand the needs of customers and deliver to expectations, always seeking to provide positive customer experience take ownership of decisions, actions, and results, holding accountability for deliverables and commitments
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