Senior Firmware Development Engineer | Microsoft Careers

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On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
Dec 1, 2026

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TL;DR · Senior Firmware Development Engineer | Microsoft Careers

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As a Senior Firmware Engineer in Microsoft’s Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team, you will join the Firmware Center of Excellence, responsible for developing cutting-edge firmware solutions for Azure infrastructure. Your day-to-day responsibilities include creating compute-intensive test applications on MAIA hardware systems, designing workload profiling tools to benchmark performance, and developing comprehensive post-silicon tests for functional and performance validation. You will collaborate closely with teams across AI frameworks software, silicon validation, architecture, and firmware to ensure robust system integration. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in C++ development, SoC or system validation, and a deep understanding of technologies such as PCIe, Memory (DDR, HBM), and network controllers. Familiarity with build systems like CMake, CI/CD pipelines, power profiling, and AI models is also crucial for this role within Microsoft’s expansive cloud infrastructure ecosystem.

Skills

C++ PCIe Memory Network Controllers CMake CI/CD Power and Thermal Profiling CUDA GPU Tensor-Based Programming NCCL Mistral HBM DDR

What you'll do

  • Develop high-performance test applications for MAIA hardware systems, focusing on PCIe and memory workloads.
  • Design workload profiling tools to capture and benchmark runtime performance of compute blocks and accelerators.
  • Create end-to-end post-silicon tests for functional and performance validation of the system.
  • Develop diagnostic and stress testing content for SoC or system validation.
  • Work with AI frameworks, silicon validation teams, and firmware architecture groups.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in software development using C++
  • Extensive background in post-silicon SoC validation and diagnostic test content creation
  • Proficiency with DMAs, PCIe, Memory (DDR, HBM), Network Controllers, and Image decoders
  • Expertise in build systems like CMake and CI/CD pipelines
  • Understanding of power and thermal profiling, TDP/PnP, and PVT characterization
  • Familiarity with AI models/kernels such as NCCL and Mistral
  • Experience with CUDA or GPU/tensor-based programming

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