Senior Firmware Engineer

Senior Firmware Engineer | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSenior Firmware EngineerIndia, Telangana, Hyderabad +2 moreApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200043374Date postedJul 17, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionHardware EngineeringDisciplineFirmware EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewMicrosoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and 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, Teams, 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 and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. Are you passionate about working on cutting edge new technology in a team that embodies the growth mindset? Are you hoping to join an organization which is built on a mission “To empower every person and organization on this planet to achieve more”? We are working on the next generation Hardware/Firmware for server, silicon, and rack infrastructure of Cobalt/Maia systems with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.   We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Engineer who is passionate about system level thinking, deep debugging, and scalable validation, and who thrives in a cross-functional, fast paced environment spanning silicon, firmware, GPU, OS, and manufacturing. #SCHIE ResponsibilitiesAs a Senior Firmware Engineer in the Firmware System Engineering team, you will own platform‑level firmware integration and validation across SoC firmware, GPU, BIOS, BMC, and OS interactions. You will contribute directly to early silicon bring‑up, de‑risking of firmware releases, customer issue debug, and continuous improvement of validation strategies, tooling, and automation—building on the foundations already established by the team. You will be involved with all phases of product development including pre-silicon, post-silicon, and platform deployment in the datacenter.  You will collaborate with platform architects, firmware architects, program management and component dev teams for understanding the technical depth of the new features and defining the Test plans/cases, validation Frameworks/Tools/methodology for End-to-end feature readiness You will define the Soc and platform validation methodology in terms of required test cases, faster debugging/triaging, reducing manual efforts, with enhanced coverage of concurrent/deployment scenarios   You will be involved in debugging and solving complex hardware/firmware interface issues. You will own coordination, Integration, validation (including validation environment), and debugging of system software comprising of different domains within server architecture (such as SoC FWs, BIOS, BMC etc.) You will architect and/or submit requirements to define stimulus, test content, and frameworks that will be utilized to conduct testing and establish coverage. You will identify and address inefficiencies and gaps in architecture, testing, execution, etc. You will mentor, guide, and help peers and other team members. Ability to see system level “big picture” to validate that the integrated firmware/system software aligns to architectural goals of...