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Senior Systems Engineer

Microsoft· Hardware Engineering
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Mountain View, CA, Redmond, WA, Hillsboro, OR$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Microsoft SCHIE Platform Systems Engineering seeks an experienced Systems Engineer to translate platform requirements into scalable hardware solutions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive end-to-end hardware design from concept to datacenter deployment for AI-native silicon and hyperscale systems.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architecture, silicon engineering, firmware, hardware design and validation, operating systems, manufacturing, and customer teams to build state-of-the-art AI, compute, storage, networking, and accelerator hardware solutions.
  • Analyze new interfaces and subsystems, develop integration plans, evaluate power efficiency, debug integration issues, and provide technical recommendations.
  • Define system behavior and platform concepts of operation to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software, serviceability, telemetry, and customer expectations.
  • Perform new, unique, different, and difficult (NUDD) technology and feature analysis, and provide risk assessments and mitigation recommendations.
  • Drive technical requirements and ensure solutions are flexible and scalable across the hardware, firmware, and software stack.
  • Drive platform- and solution-level technical discussions, contribute to product architecture, and deliver against product goals for quality, reliability, and performance.
  • Collaborate with internal, external, and open-source partners to seamlessly onboard innovative technologies.

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with ARM- or x86-based server hardware architecture, SoC development, high-speed interfaces such as DDR, HBM, PCIe, or Ethernet, and hardware, firmware, and operating system interactions.
  • 5+ years experience troubleshooting complex system-level issues and conducting root-cause analysis across areas such as board hardware, signal integrity, CPLD/FPGA, thermal, firmware, or operating system components.
  • 5+ years of experience with platform-level test architectures and debugging tools such as Lauterbach, Arium, ARM JTAG tools, OpenOCD, or programming or scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or shell scripting.

Skills

Required:ARM- or x86-based server hardware architectureHigh-speed interfaces (DDR, HBM, PCIe, Ethernet)Troubleshooting and root-cause analysisPlatform-level test architectures and debugging tools

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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