Principal Hardware System Engineering Manager

Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to producecutting edgetechnology that changes our world. The Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (CHIE) team isseekinga highly motivated seniorhardware systems engineer to work in a team of other hardware and software developers to create systems and modules to be deployed in Microsoft's Azure Cloud.Microsoft providesample opportunitiesfor developers to have an impact on products that touch the lives of millions of users daily, in a cutting-edge public cloud environment.

As a Systems EngineeringManager, you willlead a team of high performingSystemengineers who owns and drives system integration,Validationand debugfor Azure's leading HW solutions by incorporating advanced technologies,datacenter use cases and by working across different engineering functions. Responsibilities willalsoincludearchitecting and developing efficient testand debugframeworks forcutting edgetechnologies, buildingtestand debugautomation, partnering with leading technology providersto define testand debugstrategies, driving unified and efficient test,validationand debugmethodologies across product segments.This is an opportunity toleverageand grow your existing hardware design/validation experience and provide innovative E2E hardware solutions to Microsoft Cloud.

Come join this exciting and growing teamthroughour monumental evolution ofcloud hardware at Azure and Microsoft!

• Lead a team of system engineerswho own and drives system integration, validation, qualification and debugfor complex HW solutions based on CPU/GPU applications to achieve holistic test coverage and efficient debugging.

• Provides technical leadership and coaches team across New Product Introduction efforts and holds accountability for the product.

• Supports team and enables efforts to assess engineering capabilities with external partners, ensuring they meet established security best practices and standards.

• Drives issue resolution through technical problem solving (e.g., software, quality, and hardware engineering).

• Leads the resolution of potential security-related risks through all Product Engineering processes to support security-related objectives.

• Collaborate withODMs, designteams and customers todevelop validation execution plans fornew technologiesand MSFT IP features.

• Hands on engineering work with test engineers

• Drive defect triaging, debugging, and resolution for cross functionalissues.

• Work withstakeholdersonprocess improvement, data qualityimprovement,andcross-boundary triaging.

• Automate reviewprocessesto improve data quality and scaling capability.

• Mentor seniorvalidation engineers in test plan creation, writing test casesto have holistic coverage

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Other Requirements:

• Abilityto meet Microsoft,customerand/or government security screening requirements arerequiredfor this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant experience in server systems/platforms development and validation for enterprise or cloud market segments.

• Minimum10+ years of hands-on experience in server hardwarevalidationarchitecture,developing test infrastructure, writing test cases, automation and executing tests

• 5+ years of experience in technical leadership / People Management

• Solid understanding of hardware, firmware, and OS interfaces and interdependencies, different CPU and GPU architecture and system design concepts

• Proven technical communication skills (verbal and written) to interface with cross-functional technical leads within and/or outside of the organization.

• Deep understanding of OTD (Observability, Testability, and Debuggability).

• Familiar with different technology areas including but not limited to networking, power management, rack device management, remote device management

• Experience in performance benchmarking tools such as SPEC workloads, Linpack, AI workloads

• Experienced in defining custom HW tools for either validation or debug.

• Experience in windows and Linux operating systems.

• Advanced troubleshooting and debugging skills.Hands on experience in debug and measurement tools such as Logic Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, PCIe analyzers.

• Experience in test automation development using PowerShell, python or similar frameworks

• Experience in evaluating hardware designs, HW/FW/OS interactions, platform config trade-offs, and E2E error flows is required.

• Experience in debugging complex system level issues related to board hardware, thermal and Firmware components is required.

• Self-motivated individuals must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment and across internal divisions and industry (OEM, ODM), demonstrated technical leadership in driving successful product designs.