The Senior Hardware Engineer role at Microsoft Azure focuses on building and deploying networking acceleration technologies for the world's fastest public cloud. The position involves working with the Accelnet Hardware team to develop next-generation Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solutions. Candidates will have the opportunity to see Register-Transfer Level (RTL) code go to production rapidly. This role emphasizes innovation across the computing stack and aims to enhance network performance and security.

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in the same fields AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

• Build scalable constrained random verification environments in System Verilog using prevalent verification methodologies.
• Create comprehensive test plans to address functional scenarios in discussions with the software and hardware design teams.
• Execute the test plan by adding test cases and tracking verification through coverage driven metrics.
• Create and enhance verification environments by adding sequences, constraints, assertions, and functional coverage.
• Automate and maintain execution of test suites to support continuous integration (CI) and continuous development (CD) flow.
• Apply Agile development methodologies such as hosting code reviews, sprint planning, and iterative development of features.
• Handle occasional on-call responsibilities for addressing hardware issues reported by customers.

• 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.