Principal Firmware Engineer
Location
Austin, TX
Level
Staff / Principal
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$130,000 - $250,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-08-09
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with product architects, firmware teams, and product managers for system-level debugging and troubleshooting.
- Ensure firmware requirements and specifications are clearly defined in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Work with hardware engineers for proper integration and communication between hardware and firmware.
- Design and implement firmware modules for various hardware interfaces.
- Perform system-level debugging to resolve hardware/firmware-related issues.
- Embody the culture and values of Microsoft.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience.
- Experience with platform initialization firmware and low-level drivers for peripherals.
- Familiarity with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Experience in designing and delivering new technologies across platforms.
- Ability to meet Microsoft and customer security screening requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include familiarity with AI Machine Learning technologies and experience with high-performance computing.
- In-depth knowledge of hardware and firmware interfaces.
