Principal Hardware Engineer

Microsoft Corporation • Full-time • Not Specified, United Kingdom • £80k - £130k / year • 3d ago

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Cloud AI & Advanced Systems Engineering (CAASE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, and scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for engineers with a passion for customer focused solutions, insight, and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for a Principal Hardware Engineer to join the CAASE team. This Principal Hardware Engineer will play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of custom and differentiating hardware acceleration solutions for Azure. This candidate will collaborate with both internal Microsoft teams and external partners to investigate opportunities to use custom silicon and programmable hardware FPGAs to customize cloud-scale solutions for strategic applications. The candidate will drive the co-development of hardware and software and develop roadmaps, taking lessons learned on FPGAs and refining them into increasingly customized solutions on ASIC and FPGA. The candidate will also drive business considerations including Total Cost of Operation and Return on Investment for various solutions, and drive consensus on sustainable acceleration strategies across teams.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

12+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience.

Other Requirements

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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

18+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 15+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of technical engineering experience

OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience.

5+ years of experience with FPGA design and development

Responsibilities

Analyses performance and presents results and insights to provide recommendations and path forward for the team and architects. Champions recommendations and defends functionality of decisions to architects and management.
Specifies the architecture and microarchitecture of accelerators on FPGA and on custom silicon. Evaluates architecture trade-offs, performance, overall area, power, and complexity.
Advises others on the creation of single/multiple project implementation schedules and anticipates project implementation issues. Proposes changes to project schedules and designs to mitigate risks.
Writes internal device specification sheets. Suggests modifications for internal device specifications and data sheets based on their expertise and anticipation of needs for hardware design and testing of future products. Identifies ways to add value to existing products and testing procedures. Influences future device specifications.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.