Senior Firmware Validation Engineer

Overview

At Microsoft, we are transforming the way cloud is enabled to bring it at lowest TCO to our worldwide customers. Microsoft Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and 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 a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

We are looking for passionate Senior Firmware Validation Engineer with background in firmware validation, development and/or integration for AI server/embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Owns coordination, validation (including validation environment), Integration, and debugging of system software/firmware comprising of different domains (such as SoC FWs, Drivers, BIOS, BMC, model frameworks, PCIe etc.) within AI server architecture
• Create validation plans, develop test content, automate executions, and debug/triage of observed/reported failures.
• Debugging and troubleshooting skills with the aim to become point-of-contact for platform level issues.
• Ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases.
• Ability to see system level "big picture" to validate that the integrated firmware/system software aligns to architectural goals of product.
• Passionate about exploring and deploying noble methods to improve test coverage, release/test automation, and efficiency of our FW releases.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ 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 Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging in embedded systems
• Experience in programing in Python or C or C++
• Demonstrated experience in system level Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), automation framework (such as Robot Framework), and debugging of system software.
• Experience in validation / development in server space is big plus.
• Experience of creating validation test plans, developing test content to achieve the validation plan and automating the execution of test contents.
• Experience of creating or working with automated testing pipeline aka CI/CD (integration + validation)
• Experience of firmware development and testing on multiple HW test environments (FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.)
• Experience of system level debugging (including customer issues) with good understanding of managing and triaging production level issues.

Firmware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

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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.