Principal Firmware Engineer

Principal Firmware Engineer | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsPrincipal Firmware EngineerUnited States, California, Mountain View +4 moreApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200043000Date postedJul 13, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionHardware EngineeringDisciplineFirmware EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewMicrosoft 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 and we are looking for passionate, high energy engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and HW infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance.The FW CoE is responsible for HW/FW for Azure Infrastructure. We are working on the next generation HW/FW for server, silicon and rack infrastructure with a focus on innovation in firmware technology to secure Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.We are looking for a highly motivated  Principal Firmware Engineer with a background in Silicon design, firmware development, validation, and debug to work on lighting up the various features and technologies as each team produces their part. You must have experience with SoC Architecture and Design, Bring-Up of new silicon and platform, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware. #AzureHWJobs   #SCHIE   #SCHIEFWCOE  ResponsibilitiesArchitect and develop SoC validation firmware and framework solution that enable multiple teams like design verification, silicon validation, firmware development and manufacturing teams to test  IP and SoC features.Enable debug features and integration and enabling of debug infrastructure.Lead and drive root cause analysis of complex silicon issue debug spanning RTL and firmware.Technically Lead a small team of experience and high motivated engineers in delivering productsArchitecture and development of specific IP level firmware libraries .Defining the boot flow sequences for initial bring up (Silicon initialization, memory training..) and leading early silicon bring up and enabling of manufacturing . Collaborate with SoC architects to influence hardware features for usability , debuggability . Collaborating with Silicon validation teams to root cause hardware and firmware issues .Collaborate with cross Geo teams and drive program execution and deliver ProductsQualificationsRequired Qualifications: Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experienceOR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experienceOR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experienceOR equivalent experience. Other Requirements:Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements...