Microsoft
Senior Hardware Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years with a relevant master’s degree, or 5+ years with a relevant bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred alternatives: doctorate and 3+ years; master’s and 6+ years; bachelor’s and 8+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Master's or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and verifies hardware for Azure Boost storage acceleration, developing RTL and deploying accelerated storage services.
What you'll do
- Design and evaluate hardware architectures and code RTL modules in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Simulate, test, debug, and verify hardware; develop supporting scripts and software.
- Use Agile practices, support deployments, and occasionally handle production on-call issues.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience; or bachelor’s degree in those fields and 5+ years; or equivalent experience.
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Doctorate and 3+ years, master’s degree and 6+ years, or bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience; or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years implementing digital designs with a Hardware Description Language; cloud hardware applications or DPU hardware design experience is a plus.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base pay); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base pay)
Tools
Verilog/SystemVerilog, Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)
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