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Principal Hardware Architect - Microsoft Azure

Microsoft· Hardware Engineering
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Hybrid (Haifa), Hybrid (Tel Aviv)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Microsoft Azure networking ASICs development for next-generation networking devices. Role focuses on hardware/software co-design to accelerate cloud and AI workloads, with opportunities to influence end-to-end features, deployment, and scale in Azure data centers.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive architecture and microarchitecture of Azure’s next-generation networking devices and features within them.
  • Serve as a source of knowledge and information for hardware design, verification and software engineers
  • Own cross-unit hardware architecture and HW/SW interfaces, balancing system requirements, functionality, performance, cost, reliability, and implementation complexity.
  • Provide technical leadership across design, verification, performance, software, and physical design teams.
  • Drive complex system-level debug, silicon bring-up, and deployment to cloud production.
  • Mentor engineers and influence the technical direction of future products.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years demonstrated experience in ASIC design, verification, and/or architecture, preferably in the networking world.
  • BSc/MSc/PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering from a major university.
  • Proven background in hardware architecture, operating systems, I/O devices, networking.
  • Proven experience delivering complex ASIC features from architecture to silicon deployed at scale.
  • Proven analytical, problem-solving, and cross-team technical leadership skills.
  • Proven communication skills in English.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements including Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Skills

Required:ASIC designHardware/software co-designSystem-level debugging and silicon bring-upCross-team technical leadershipCommunication (English)
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