Microsoft Hardware Engineer II 

United States, Washington 

575944685

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical engineering experience
• • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

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:

• 8+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

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 August 22, 2024.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team and influence the way one of the world’s largest and fastest growing Cloud environments is built and supported.  As a critical part of the PDM Engineering team within Microsoft’s CSCP Organization, this role will work with internal stakeholders to create building blocks, Bill of Materials (BOM’s), and Row level hardware design documentation and product data model. You will ensure that the design documentation conforms to Data Center Infrastructure standards. This role requires advanced industry knowledge in this specific engineering domain and shares knowledge with the team. Reads hardware specification sheets to create robust design structures, and dashboards. Identifies potential risks. Uses engineering analyses to identify flaws, brainstorms possible solutions, and brings them to the attention of team leads. Implements or recommends technical solutions to issues and provides guidance to other team members. Implements and tracks product plans with minimal guidance. Provides recommendations to help develop product plans and communicate status with team throughout the program. Provides recommendations to project team members based on research and data analysis. Develops and delivers training. Documents complex details about materials and functionality for a hardware, and tracks changes to designs.

• Work with many enterprise-class servers and networking technologies to create designs used to deploy hardware into Data Center
• Contributes to program schedule to deliver the engineering aspects. Escalates issues as necessary
• Generate technical specs for BOM’s, design and all other product data characteristics in the document using data provided by various teams in Microsoft and interprets complex details required
• Identifies opportunities that affect downstream execution by resolving issues
• Specify, collate, create, update, and maintain the design and supply chain characteristics for Microsoft products using PDM system
• Build a server Bill of materials using discrete manufacturer and Microsoft part numbers and attach associated documents
• Communicates project progress/status within the project team and escalates issues as necessary
• Upload the parts into a central library hosted by Microsoft PLM/PDM (product lifecycle management/product design management) system, or another method followed in the Microsoft system
• Review correctness of the parts against specifications given in datasheets and manufacturers recommendations and Microsoft specific DFM guidelines
• Validate the configuration and work with the PDM engineering team to resolve any issues through the workflow tool (Azure Dev Ops)
• Interface with several internal stakeholder teams, gather requirements and provide feedback on design feasibility and constraints as needed
• Develops and delivers training along with training materials, documents, and templates
• Manage multiple projects and work across a global multi-cultural team to drive influence, schedules, and timelines to meet project goals
• Uses data/statistical analyses to identify complex problems or flaws and identifies possible solutions and brings them to the attention of team leads
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