The Senior Firmware Engineer role at Microsoft involves working within the Firmware Center of Excellence, focusing on the development of hardware and firmware for Azure Infrastructure. The team is dedicated to innovating firmware technology to enhance the security and performance of Azure systems. Candidates should be passionate about cutting-edge technology and possess a strong background in embedded systems. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate across various organizations to drive advancements in AI and compute silicon.

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ years of technical engineering experience, or a Master's Degree and 4+ years of experience, or a Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.

• Develop compute-intensive and highly performant test applications running on MAIA hardware systems.
• Design and develop workload profiling and analysis tools to benchmark runtimes of compute blocks and hardware accelerators.
• Develop end-to-end post-silicon tests and tools for functional and performance scenarios of the system.
• Collaborate across organizations with AI Frameworks software, Silicon & System Validation, Architecture, and Firmware.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.