Principal Systems Engineer

$137,600 - $267,000/Yr

Microsoft - Redmond, WA

Full-time - Principal

Remote - Redmond, WA

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (CHIE) team is seeking a highly motivated Principal Systems Engineer to collaborate with hardware and software developers in creating systems and modules for deployment in Microsoft's Azure Cloud. This role involves working directly with cross-functional teams to deliver hardware designs from concept to data center deployment, specifically supporting Microsoft Azure AI/ML infrastructure. The position offers an opportunity to leverage and grow existing hardware design and validation experience while providing innovative end-to-end hardware solutions.

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with Microsoft's services teams and cross-discipline design teams focusing on functional interfaces.
• Develop system requirements, development strategy, validation & test cases, and deployment processes.
• Analyze new interfaces and subsystems to develop integration plans and analyze power efficiency.
• Define system behavior and concept of operations for the platform to ensure compatibility with Microsoft Azure datacenter software.
• Perform technology and feature analysis and provide risk assessment and mitigations.
• Drive technical requirements and ensure the solution is flexible and scalable across the full hardware, firmware, and software stack.
• Collaborate with internal, external, and open-source partners to onboard innovative technologies.

Requirements

• 10+ years of technical engineering experience OR a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience OR a Master's degree in the same fields AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience OR a Doctorate degree in the same fields AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in developing accelerator-based hardware systems for scale-up and scale-out data center use cases.
• Experience with hardware, firmware, management firmware, and/or software interfaces across all modules in a system.
• Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks and drive discussions.

Nice-to-haves

• Hands-on experience developing GPU, FPGA based accelerator platforms for AI/ML use cases.
• Knowledge of high-volume silicon (SoCs, GPUs, or FPGAs), compute, storage, and/or networking design, manufacturing, and deployment.
• Experience with high-speed 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 and datacenters operations at scale.
• Experience managing hardware programs through the entire product lifecycle.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee stock purchase plan