Microsoft Firmware Development Engineer 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

107269079

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The Firmware Center of Excellenceis responsible for

in firmware development in embedded systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of Experience in FW and or Embedded Software development experience, particularly in a multi-core platform environment
• 1+ years of programming experience in C/C++
• Solid understanding of computer architectures including processors, buses, and memories.
• Responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams to debug the issues at the cross section of multiple sub-systems.
• Demonstrated experience of hardware and firmware architecture, design, and coding for solutions at scale
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience working with multiple teams on root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging skills resultingintosolving complex Hardware/Firmware interface issues.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Proficient communication

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 Qualifications:

• Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling.

• Basic Verilog (or any other HDL) programming & waveform debugging

• Debugging skills with GDB or equivalent.

• Experience developing firmware in pre-silicon environments and on test benches.

• Shipped products running firmware or embedded softwareyou’ve

• Experience with one or more of these: drivers, DMA, PCIe,NVMe, image video encoders/decoders, memory controllers/training, boot flows, or power management.

• Architecting software at various layers of the stack, from boot ROMs to drivers to runtimes.

• You will be contributing to all phases of product development, from design through manufacturing and productization.

• You will contribute to the architecture and design of various firmware components, including driver interfaces (PCIe, SPI, I2C, I3C), system libraries needed for SoC bring-up, protocol and feature development of low-level hardware.

• Perform system-level debugging and troubleshooting toidentifyand resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues.

• integrationand product managers to define firmware requirements and specifications.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in cloud firmware technologies and provide recommendations for improvement.