New

Principal Electrical Engineer

Microsoft
$139,900.00 - $274,800.00 / yr
United States, California, Mountain View
Mar 07, 2026
Overview 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. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partnersworldwideand we are looking for passionateengineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business continues togrowthe ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, inhigh volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, theCloudHardwareSystems Engineering (CHSE)team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery,scaleand sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions,insightand industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage andoptimizethe Cloud infrastructure. We are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the team. #SCHIE#azurehwjobs Responsibilities Understand customer requirements and high-level architectural design,leadelectrical designexecutionat system level, responsible for detailed design specifications. Collaborate with internal design team (thermal, mechanical, firmware, OS) and external partner (ODM/OEM) for design implementation, ensure product functionality, performance,qualityand reliability. Responsible forcomplete and deep design review, includingschematics,board files, BOM, DFT, DFM, etc. Define board level bring-up and electrical test requirements, ensure complete coverage,executeor guarantee execution. Work with partner teams to createsystem levelbring-up and end-to-end validationtestplans,ensure complete coverage, guaranteeexecution. Troubleshooting,issuetriage, leadinghardware related debug efforts with partner teams,driveresolutionand bugreports. Qualifications Required Qualifications: Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer 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: Experience with high volume hardware production in server area BS / MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent industry experience 8+ years of relevant hands-on experience in system (compute, storage, networking, and/or accelerator) level design and/or implementation across the hardware development lifecycle Experience with high-speed and high-power products design Knowledge about datacenters & operations at scale Experience with highspeed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, and ethernet. In-depth experience with operating systems (Windows and/or Linux), system firmware (BIOS, BMC), and system security (hardware and software) Proven verbal and written communication and presentation skills 8+ years' experience developing board and system level bring-up and test plans Experience executing hardware validation and functional test plans 8+ years' experience debugging board and system level issues for Cloud Servers Ability to work across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) to identify risks, drive discussions, detail system tradeoffs, and assess impact Excellent team player Electrical Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.