Microsoft Principal Firmware Engineer Silicon Modeling 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

524081111

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in firmware development and/or silicon modeling 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:

• Expertise with C or C++.
• Experience with SystemC
• Passion for developing low-level software interfacing with hardware.
• Ability to take ambitious and ambiguous goals and develop requirements, timelines, software architecture, and APIs to ensure delivery and provide management with regular updates.
• Knowledge of operating systems including drivers, memory management, boot loaders, and scheduling.
• Excellent debugging skills with GDB or equivalent.

Definite pluses:

• Experience with industry standard SystemC simulators like Virtualizer or Helium
• Experience with scripting languages: Python, Powershell
• Experience developing firmware in pre-silicon environments.
• Shipped products running firmware or embedded software you’ve written.
• Experience with one or more of these: drivers, DMA, PCIe, NVMe, image video decoders, networking controllers, 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 October 24, 2025.

As a member of Microsoft Azure’s FW CoE, you directly impact future silicon development in Azure through:

• Architecting Models and corresponding validation firmware/software for various components of silicon, from boot ROMs, PCIE, USB, and Compute Clusters.
• Leading the technical development of models, firmware and software.
• Mentoring engineers in aspects of software design and firmware and learning from industry experts.
• Working with a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds and with diverse skillsets.