Microsoft
Senior Hardware Systems Engineer
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA
Hillsboro, OR - Experience
- Required: 3+ years with a master's degree, or 5+ years with a bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 6+ years relevant experience; 3+ years hands-on server hardware validation; 2+ years programming experience.
- Education
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field; or bachelor's degree in those fields; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and executes validation, testing, automation, and debugging for Azure cloud server hardware systems and develops software and tools to improve reliability and test coverage.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute system validation, test frameworks, SKU qualification, scale testing, and hands-on laboratory debugging.
- Develop automation and tooling; drive standardized testing and use AI capabilities to improve efficiency and coverage.
- Triage server subsystem faults, find end-to-end root causes, and coordinate fixes with engineering and industry partners.
What they ask for
- Master's degree in a listed engineering field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree in a listed engineering field and 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet required Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Experience evaluating hardware designs, HW/FW/OS interactions, platform configuration trade-offs, and end-to-end error flows.
- Experience debugging complex system-level issues involving board hardware, thermal, and firmware components.
Nice to have
- 6+ years of relevant server systems/platform development and validation experience; 3+ years of hands-on server hardware validation experience.
- 2+ years programming in Python/PowerShell or similar for automation development or integration.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, PowerShell, C/C++, Windows, Linux, PCIe, ACPI, I2C
AI focus
Adopt AI capabilities to improve testing efficiency and enhance test coverage; preferred experience includes benchmarking AI workloads.
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