We are looking for a highly motivated Firmware engineer, preferably with a background in security. You must have proficient C programing skills, with experience writing low level drivers, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.

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Responsibilities

• This position does require relocation to Redmond, WA or Silicon Valley, CA.
• You will be involved with all phases of product development, from microarchitecture design through firmware architecture and development.
• At the design phase, you will be part of a team- driving the architecture, design and development of the security sub-systems including firmware development of low-level hardware interfaces.
• You will be responsible for evaluating third part components security design to  ensure they meet Azure’s requirements for Platform Security

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
•  3-5 years of professional experience in embedded software/firmware development features with emphasis on Test Driven development/Unit Testing.
• 5+ years of C/C++ programming skills.
• 3-5 years of professional experience designing, developing software solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of firmware security technologies such as Secure Boot, asymmetric cryptography etc.

Experience with board bring up, low level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, SPI, UARTs

Ability to debug and resolve issues spanning multiple subsystems

Knowledge/Experience with Security technologies such as Encryption ciphers and security protocols

Experience with Platform initialization, Board support package porting, low level drivers for peripherals such as PCIe, I2C, eMMC, SPI, UARTs as well as Memory Management, Scheduling, Interrupts and multi-threading.

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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.