Microsoft · 22 hours ago
Principal Platform Systems Engineer
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
7+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a highly motivated Principal Systems Engineer to work in their Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver hardware designs for Microsoft Azure's AI/ML infrastructure, focusing on innovative end-to-end hardware solutions.
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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 7+ years technical engineering experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
OR equivalent experience
8+ years of experience with developing Accelerator hardware and associated components field
8+ years of experience with hardware, firmware, management firmware, and/or software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system
8+ years of development/ validation experience in high speed technologies like PCIe, DDR5/6, Ethernet, Data Centre elements with an understanding of low speed interfaces, SOC Emulators, JTAG debuggers
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements is 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
Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks, drive discussions, detail system tradeoffs, and assess impact
Hands on experience developing GPU, FPGA based accelerator platforms for AI/ML used cases
Knowledge of high-volume silicon (SoCs, GPUs, or FPGAs), compute, storage, and/or networking design, manufacturing, and deployment
Experience with highspeed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, and ethernet
In depth experience with operating systems (Windows and/or Linux), system firmware (BIOS, BMC), and system security (hardware and software)
Knowledge in virtualization technologies
Knowledge about datacenters & operations at scale
Experience managing hardware programs through the entire product lifecycle
Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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