Prinicipal Firmware Manager

Job Description

If you are passionate about working on cutting edge new technology and looking to build a team ground up, with cultural values that put collaboration, growth mindset and people first, then this is the role for you.The Azure Firmware Center of Excellence team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational success for Azure that exceeds our customer s expectations. Our technology and innovations are globally available foundation of Azure Control plane that hosts services with the scale of Azure Compute / Bing / Skype / Azure Store / SQL, host millions of multiplayer gaming sessions and large-scale computational solutions.Our teams are responsible for Firmware development of server, silicon and rack infrastructure design with a focus on innovation for Azure infrastructure for Microsoft and their customers.If you are a seasoned engineering manager with passion for building highly reliable, scalable distributed systems; If you want hands-on services architecture experience and like to produce impact across a large number of systems; if you have a penchant to learn and utilize your broad skill set to produce great customer impact; then this opportunity is for you - Join the Azure Firmware Center of Excellence and help us envision and build technical solutions to power Azure.This is expected to be a hands on role, where you will have the opportunity to build and lead your team of extremely talented engineers to deliver innovation at scale and own delivery of product to Azure datacenters.You must have proficient C programing skills, with experience with SoC Architecture and Design, writing low level drivers, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities:
• Lead architecture, design, development and deployment of innovative Software and Cloud Services that deliver competitive advantage and contribute to scale our business growth.
• Build and manage a team of high performing engineers with ability to motivate, build and retain talent
• You will be involved with all phases of product development, from microarchitecture design through firmware architecture and development.
• Build solid engineering plans, with bottoms up schedule, drive trade off, design decisions to meet top level schedule on time and with high quality
QualificationsQualifications:
• 10+ years of professional experience designing, developing large scale Embedded Software solutions
• 5+ years of professional experience leading and managing large engineering teams
• Experience with working from early concept of SoC Architecture and design to shipping final product
• MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• Proven and demonstrable skills in C, C++ or Rust
• Strong problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills, advanced design, and development skills
• Experienced with low level firmware development including bare metal/RTOS, drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, USB, UARTs as well as Memory Management, Scheduling, Interrupts and multi-threading
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with Implementation of Hardware/Firmware Security primitives and security protocols is a plus
• Experience with Penetration testing also desirable
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work., Responsibilities:
• Lead architecture, design, development and deployment of innovative Software and Cloud Services that deliver competitive advantage and contribute to scale our business growth.
• Build and manage a team of high performing engineers with ability to motivate, build and retain talent
• You will be involved with all phases of product development, from microarchitecture design through firmware architecture and development.
• Build solid engineering plans, with bottoms up schedule, drive trade off, design decisions to meet top level schedule on time and with high quality

Keyskills :
problem solvingcenter of excellenceembedded softwaredistributed systemsmemory management