Microsoft
Firmware Engineer (SCHIE)
$85K–$184K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- No minimum years of experience required. A preferred qualification is a Bachelor's Degree plus 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience; a Master's Degree is also listed as an alternative.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops and maintains low-level firmware and debugging infrastructure for Azure custom silicon, enabling its secure deployment and operation in data centers.
What you'll do
- Develop firmware for telemetry, platform initialization, board support packages, inter-core messaging, and silicon enablement.
- Contribute to RTOS and driver frameworks, power and memory management, boot flows, and OS-level performance and debugging tools.
- Collaborate with silicon, hardware, and software teams to deliver production-grade firmware.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR equivalent experience.
- Meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check and citizenship verification for export-controlled information.
Nice to have
- Proficient in C/C++.
- Experience with embedded subsystem debugging, platform initialization, drivers, board-level or SoC bring-up, OS primitives, pre-silicon environments, or related areas listed in the posting.
Pay
USD $85,400 - $168,100 per year (base salary); USD $111,100 - $183,700 per year (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, RTOS, I3C, I2C, UART, SPI, USB, JTAG/SWD/GDB
AI focus
Firmware work supports Azure custom silicon, including AI silicon and workloads; no direct AI model development is stated.
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