This role pays more than
64%
of similar roles. Most pay
$168,500–$222,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$195k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
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
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 577 roles with salary data.
The Principal Firmware Engineer joins the Microsoft Azure team to lead the development, debugging, and validation of next-generation firmware solutions for AI accelerators and cloud silicon platforms. This role focuses on designing and deploying silicon firmware libraries for Compute Domains and Accelerator Network Controllers (ANC). The engineer will develop scalable frameworks and APIs in C/C++ and Python while driving technical leadership across hardware, software, and validation organizations. Key responsibilities include influencing microarchitecture decisions, leading first-silicon bring-up activities, performing root-cause analysis, and defining verification test plans. The role requires deep expertise in SoC architecture, ARM/RISC architectures, and platform initialization flows. The candidate will solve complex problems involving high-performance compute subsystems, memory and IO subsystems for server class SoCs, and silicon abstraction layers while utilizing tools like JTAG, Lauterbach TRACE32, and various emulation platforms.
What does a Firmware Engineer earn?
Median $208800 from 36 postings across 9 companies.
Firmware
SoC Architecture
ARM
Silicon Validation
JTAG
Lauterbach TRACE32
PCIe
CXL
GIC
IOMMU
SMMU
Linux
Windows
Driver Development
RTL
ATE
Boot Flow
Memory Training