Principal Hardware Engineer

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

• Lead end-to-end product delivery from concept through launch, ensuring technical excellence and timely execution.
• Drive cross-functional technical decision-making across architecture, silicon, firmware, hardware, OS, validation, and manufacturing teams.
• Define and manage program baselines in partnership with TPMs, including scope, schedule, budget, and change control.
• Own quality of design deliverables and ensure alignment with system-level requirements and performance goals.
• Influence platform, rack, and datacenter-level solutions for next-generation AI infrastructure.
• Evaluate and de-risk NUDD (New, Unique, Different, Difficult) technologies and features through structured analysis and mitigation planning.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners— including open-source communities— to integrate innovative technologies seamlessly.
• Articulate architectural and design tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and cost dimensions to optimize for TCO, performance, and scalability.
• Work closely with validation engineering team, systems engineering team and manufacturing engineering team to drive issues found during test to closure.

• 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.

• 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

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