Principal Firmware Debug & Dev Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Apr 21, 2027

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TL;DR · Principal Firmware Debug & Dev Engineer

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The Principal Firmware Debug & Dev Engineer joins the Firmware Center of Excellence within the Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering team. This role focuses on developing foundational firmware for next-generation server, silicon, and rack infrastructure to secure cloud environments. The engineer drives product quality from bring-up to deployment by leading critical investigations across firmware, silicon, boards, OS, and drivers. Key responsibilities include guiding architecture decisions for crash capture, recovery, and reliability while establishing reusable approaches for telemetry and failure classification. The position requires expertise in C, C++, and scripting for engineering automation, alongside knowledge of SoC architecture, PCIe, and memory subsystems. Candidates will utilize Python, KQL/SQL, and AI data-science-assisted debug methods to perform fleet-scale correlation and resolve complex system failures in high-performance computing environments.

Skills

Firmware Development C C++ SoC Architecture Python SQL KQL RTOS PCIe Silicon Debug Bring-up Telemetry Crash Capture Memory Subsystems

What you'll do

Drive product quality from initial bring-up through to final deployment.
Lead complex investigations across firmware, silicon, boards, OS, and drivers to identify root causes.
Guide firmware architecture decisions to improve error reporting, crash capture, and system reliability.
Establish reusable approaches for telemetry quality, failure classification, and regression prevention.
Lead AI data-science-assisted debug methods and evaluate their accuracy and engineering usefulness.
Define diagnostic readiness and knowledge-transfer expectations with component teams before fleet adoption.
Influence cross-team priorities and mentor engineers while solving difficult technical problems.

What we're looking for

Must have a Doctorate and 3+ years experience, a Master's and 6+ years experience, or a Bachelor's and 8+ years experience in a related field.
Must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check every two years.
Must provide proof of citizenship, US residency, or other protected status to access export-controlled information.
12+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate in a related field with 10+, 7+, or 5+ years of experience respectively (preferred).
Experience in system/silicon debug, firmware development in C/C++, and validation using scripting for engineering automation (preferred).
Experience with SoC architecture, platform initialization, memory subsystems, PCIe, and OS/RTOS concepts (preferred).
Experience with firmware security, error reporting, crash capture, recovery, and reliability mechanisms (preferred).

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