Microsoft · 1 day ago
Senior Network Systems Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
5+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on cloud infrastructure and services. They are seeking a Senior Network Systems Engineer to collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative networking hardware solutions for AI/ML infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with architecture, silicon engineering, firmware, hardware design, hardware validation, OS (operating systems), manufacturing, and customer teams to build state-of-the-art accelerator hardware solutions
Participate in architectural discussions and evaluate networking performance required to meet the demands of AI/ML workloads
Analyze new interfaces and subsystems to develop integration plans, analyze power efficiency, debug integration issues, and provide recommendations
Define system behavior and concept of operations for the platform to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software, serviceability, telemetry, and customer expectations
Perform NUDD (new, unique, different and difficult) technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations
Drive technical requirements and ensure the solution is flexible and scalable across the full (HW/FW/SW) stack
Enable platform and solution level discussions, influencing architecture of the product, and delivering to product goals across quality, reliability, and performance
Collaborate with internal, external, and open-source partners to onboard innovative technologies in a seamless manner
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant experience in system (compute, networking, and/or accelerator) level design and/or implementation across the hardware development lifecycle
5+ years of hands-on experience in developing AI/ML scale up and scale out networking for accelerator-based hardware systems, as well as developing MAC/PCS and SERDES for high-speed interfaces and high-density connectivity equipment
5+ years of experience to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks, drive discussions, detail system tradeoffs, and assess impact
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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
5+ years of experience developing GPU, FPGA based accelerator platforms for AI/ML used cases
Great to have proven track record of bringing up, integrating, and deploying new hardware technology
Knowledge of high-volume silicon (SoCs, GPUs, or FPGAs), compute, storage, and/or networking design, manufacturing, and deployment
Understanding on Networking hardware
QSFP-dd cables, DACs, AECs, Cable Backplanes, NICs, PHY, Switches
Ability to define validation test cases to qualify end to end network across functionality, performance and scale testing
Ability to trouble shoot network issues at multiple layers
Physical layer, Datalink and Network Layer, Protocol layer
Great to have: Understanding on AI Network, Network Collectives, Traffic profiles in AI networks, Ultra Ethernet
Knowledge about datacenters & operations at scale
Experience managing hardware programs through the entire product lifecycle
Proven ability to communicate effectively in verbal, written, and presentation formats
Company
Microsoft
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