Senior BMC Firmware Engineer

The Microsoft Silicon Engineering Solutions and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) team is responsible for developing and delivering the hardware and firmware that is responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.  

We are seeking a talented firmware engineer who is passionate about delivering highly reliable and secure BMC Firmware solutions for Microsoft Azure Cloud Server platforms. The candidate would contribute to the Microsoft cloud server firmware feature definition, design, implementation, FW project development and deployment and also collaborate closely with program management, hardware engineers, UEFI engineers, Validation team, cloud service teams and external ODM/OEM partners. 

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 Required Qualifications 

• BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience 

• 7+ years of professional experience in architecting, designing and developing firmware for Linux based product. 

• Proven experience and skills in C/C++, linux, RTOS, Embedded Linux, U-Boot and Board Support Packages (BSP) porting. 

• Experienced with OpenBMC firmware Development, SOC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, D-Bus access, MCTP protocol, Redfish API development, peripherals such as NVMe, I2C, I3C, SPI, USB, UARTs. 

• Experience in developing and debugging multi-threaded applications 

• Experience in collaborating with internal and external partners to understand their requirements and translating them into solutions 

• Enthusiastic, self-driven, and attention to details 

• Understanding of schematics, I2C/I3C, MCTP communication protocols is an added advantage 

• Detailed knowledge of core networking protocols and REST API frameworks is an added plus 

• Experience with GIT, JSON, Python, XML is highly desirable. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Candidates with 10+ years of experience in BMC development /platform enablement/ firmware development would be preferred. 

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Define system architecture and specifications for cutting edge features related to server infrastructure management. 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal developers or external partners to deliver serviceable, reliable, and scalable solutions. 

• Stress on modular design and code reuse to achieve maintainability. 

• Participate in all stages of product development from bring-up, validation, productization, and sustenance. 

• Collaborate with internal and external teams to find solutions that are leverageable across multiple architectures and generations. 

• Contribute to product vision and roadmap by bringing innovation to server manageability ecosystem. 

• Work effectively in an Agile environment following and practicing Scrum processes. 

• Work across multiple disciplines and functions to drive platform innovation such as Azure engineering groups, HW, validation, ISV.