Microsoft
Firmware Engineer II
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA +6 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA
Santa Clara, CA
Austin, TX
Raleigh, NC
Hillsboro, OR
Boise, ID - Experience
- Master’s degree route: 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience; bachelor’s degree route: 2+ years technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience. Preferred: 5+ years designing and developing BIOS/UEFI firmware solutions.
- Education
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or Bachelor's Degree in those fields; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops and delivers BIOS/UEFI firmware for Microsoft cloud server systems, from design and bring-up through validation, manufacturing, and rollout.
What you'll do
- Design and develop firmware components, including interfaces, system libraries, and low-level hardware protocols and features.
- Coordinate new server hardware SKU development, requirements, validation, schedules, and rollout plans with internal teams and external partners.
- Manage firmware requirements and feature delivery through agile planning, sprints, backlogs, and milestones.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of technical engineering experience; or bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and 2+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet required Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of professional experience designing and developing BIOS/UEFI firmware solutions.
- Experience with low-level firmware or software for hardware platforms; C programming; cross-subsystem debugging; cloud-scale problem solving; server architecture; or hardware schematics.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
BIOS/UEFI, EDK2, BMC, C (Programming), PCIe, NVMe, I2C, SPI
AI focus
Supports rollout of AI-driven, next-generation compute and high-memory hardware SKUs; no AI model development is stated.
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