Microsoft Software Development Engineer II 

United States, California, Mountain View 

428121241

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The Firmware Center of Excellenceis responsible for

in Firmware development and embedded systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent 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 Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 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.
• Effective communicationand collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, bootloaders, 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’vewritten.
• Experience with one or more of these: drivers, DMA, PCIe,NVMe, image video encoders/decoders, memory controllers/training, boot flows, or power management.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 29, 2024.

• 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 to identify and resolve complex hardware/firmware-related issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware architects and engineers, software developers, validation & integration and 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.

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