Firmware Engineer II

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 18, 2027

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This role $152k

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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $138,650–$196,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Firmware Engineer II

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The Firmware Engineer II joins the BIOS/UEFI CoE team within Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering to develop robust solutions for the cloud fleet. You will contribute to all product development phases, from design through manufacturing, by architecting firmware components like driver interfaces, system libraries for SoC bring-up, and low-level hardware features. Key responsibilities include overseeing new hardware SKUs, managing requirements through agile execution, and collaborating with silicon vendors to ensure secure, high-availability infrastructure. You will utilize C, EDK2, and BMC while working with peripherals such as PCIe, NVMe, I2C, SPI, USB, and UARTs. The role addresses the technical challenge of optimizing next-generation compute and high-memory SKUs, ensuring reliable platform initialization, memory management, and scheduling for large-scale cloud hardware environments.

What does a Firmware Engineer earn?

Median $196750 from 38 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

BIOS UEFI C EDK2 BMC SoC Bring-up PCIe NVMe I2C SPI USB UART Bootloaders Platform Initialization Board Support Package Memory Management Agile Hardware Schematics

What you'll do

Contribute to all phases of product development from initial design through manufacturing and productization.
Architect and design firmware components including driver interfaces, system libraries, and low-level hardware protocols.
Perform SoC bring-up, platform initialization, and porting of board support packages.
Oversee the development of new hardware SKUs to ensure compliance with BIOS/UEFI requirements and schedules.
Manage requirements and feature delivery through agile execution including sprints, backlogs, and milestones.
Define and communicate vendor-agnostic requirements for innovative hardware solutions with silicon vendors, ODMs, and OEMs.
Debug and troubleshoot issues spanning multiple subsystems including PCIe, NVMe, I2C, SPI, USB, and UARTs.

What we're looking for

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of technical engineering experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
5+ years of professional experience designing and developing BIOS/UEFI firmware solutions (preferred).
Proficiency in developing low-level FW or SW for HW platforms, including FW, BIOS, UEFI, EDK2, and BMC (preferred).
Proven and demonstrable skill in C programming (preferred).
Experience in Cloud scale problem solving, Intel/AMD/ARM server architecture, or reading hardware schematics (preferred).

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