Firmware Engineer II

At Microsoft, we are transforming the way cloud is enabled to bring it at lowest TCO to our worldwide customers.  

We are looking for highly motivated System integration and validation Engineers with background in Firmware development, integration and validation in embedded systems.  

• Owns coordination, Integration, validation (including validation environment), and debugging of system software comprising of different domains within server architecture (such as SoC FWs, BIOS, BMC etc.) 

• Ability to see system level “big picture” to validate that the integrated firmware/system software aligns to architectural goals of product.  

• Create validation plans, develop test content, automate executions, and debug/triage of observed/reported failures. 

• Debugging and troubleshooting skills with the aim to become point-of-contact for platform level issues. Ensure systematic closure of issues for subsequent releases. 

• Deeply collaborate with architect, firmware, program management and component dev teams for day-to-days operations as well as for long term roadmap improvements by feeding back key learnings 

• Passionate about exploring and deploying noble methods to improve test coverage, release/test automation, and efficiency of our FW releases.

• BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience 

• 3+ years of professional experience in design/development, integration, validation, or system level debugging in embedded systems  

•  problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills. 

• Hands on experience in programing in Python or C or C++ 

• Demonstrated experience in system level Integration, validation (including validation infrastructure setup), automation framework (such as Robot Framework), and debugging of system software.  

• Experience in validation / development in server space is big plus. 

• Experience of creating validation test plans, developing test content to achieve the validation plan and automating the execution of test contents. 

• Experience of creating or working with automated testing pipeline aka CI/CD (integration + validation) 

• Experience of firmware development and testing on multiple HW test environments (FPGA, Emulation, Simulation etc.) 

• Experience of system level debugging (including customer issues) with good understanding of managing and triaging production level issues. 

• Good knowledge of hardware debuggers like JTAG, Oscilloscope, and Logic Analyzer etc. 

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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