Senior Firmware Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Apr 21, 2027

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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

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TL;DR · Senior Firmware Engineer

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The Senior Firmware Engineer joins the FW/SW CoE team to develop next-generation hardware and firmware for Azure infrastructure. This role focuses on securing server, silicon, and rack infrastructure by designing and implementing low-level SoC firmware and silicon firmware libraries. The engineer will own firmware for specific IPs from architecture through production, developing modular APIs, boot sequences, and error handling flows. Key responsibilities include participating in pre-silicon validation, first-silicon bring-up, and system-level debugging across hardware and software boundaries. Required skills include SoC architecture knowledge, firmware development, and debug expertise using tools like JTAG, Arm Development Studio, and Lauterbach TRACE32. The role addresses the technical challenge of powering high-volume cloud infrastructure by ensuring reliable initialization, security flows, and hardware-software integration for server-class platforms.

What does a Firmware Engineer earn?

Median $194500 from 37 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

SoC Architecture Firmware Development Silicon Design Bring-Up JTAG Arm TrustZone x86 Arm FPGA ZeBu Palladium Lauterbach TRACE32 Arm Development Studio Linux Windows Driver Development RTL Pre-silicon Validation Post-silicon Validation ATE

What you'll do

Design and implement low-level SoC firmware and silicon firmware libraries.
Own firmware for specific IPs or subsystems from architecture through production.
Define firmware and hardware interfaces and initialization flows with silicon architects.
Develop reusable, modular firmware APIs and frameworks.
Develop and debug boot, initialization, reset, error handling, and recovery flows.
Participate in pre-silicon validation and first-silicon bring-up.
Perform system-level debugging across firmware, hardware, and software boundaries.
Improve firmware quality through unit tests and validation automation.

What we're looking for

Must have a Doctorate with 1+ years of experience, a Master's with 4+ years, a Bachelor's with 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
Must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Experience in SoC architecture and design is required.
Experience with bring-up of new silicon and platforms is required.
Experience root-causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware is required.
7–10 years of industry experience in firmware design, development, and productization, preferably on server-class platforms (preferred).
Experience implementing microarchitecture (Arm and x86), firmware design, and design verification (preferred).
Deep expertise in management/user cores, security IPs, boot sequences, or IP-level silicon firmware library development (preferred).

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