Senior Director of Qualification and Test Engineering

Senior Director of Qualification and Test Engineering | Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a team of hardware and software engineers, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise.
• Team Management: Define goals, objectives, and timelines for the test and qualification engineering team.
• Design and Development: Develop the test and qualification processes needed to support the growth of the Azure Cloud business and to ensure high quality products are deployed to the production data centers.
• Collaboration and Communication: Foster great partnerships with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth collaboration throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by promoting innovation, implementing engineering best practices, and driving efficiency initiatives.
• Vendor Management: Evaluate and select external vendors and suppliers for test and qualification services.
• Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• 11+ years technical engineering experience
• OR Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
• OR equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience managing engineering teams with technical management, program management, and cross-group collaboration skills
• 2+ years preferred experience with cloud and/or product development, integration, and test
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Experience leading and managing a large-scale development, test and qualification team
• Intellectual curiosity and a passion for both learning and deploying new technologies, as well as qualification and test
• Experience with memory development and qualification preferred
• Experience with software automation for test of large-scale distributed systems and datacenter infrastructure for compute, storage, and Al GPU applications
• Experience managing complex partner engagement and leading engineering collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results, create a high-performing, healthy and scalable organization
• Ability to apply a variety of strategic frameworks to analyze problems and guide solutions
• Ability to effectively communicate with executives and technology leaders inside and outside of Microsoft

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.