Principal Hardware RAS Architect Job at Microsoft in Hillsboro

As a RAS Architect, you will be responsible for developing and architecting full-stack flows for mission-critical features like Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) for next-generation Azure Hardware. You will drive Silicon and System Architecture definition, develop full-stack architecture specifications, and work with Silicon and platform partners to drive the implementation of features across the entire vertical stack (Silicon, Firmware, Software, Platform, etc.).

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and is 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 partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the CCDO team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale, and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer-focused solutions, insight, and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for a Principal RAS Architect to join the team.

Responsibilities

1. Define and develop Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) architecture specifications for Azure datacenter CPU’s.
2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and platform architecture, peer System on Chip (SOC) architects, IP architects, Performance/Modeling architects, Software (OS and Hypervisor) and Firmware architects, Design, Validation, and Execution teams.
3. Ensure robust, performant, and forward-looking solutions by looking at the solution space from a broader system perspective.
4. Drive technical discussions leading to crisp decisions and conflict resolutions.
5. Lead cross-organizational teams to deliver architectural clarity and support validation plan development.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

1. 9+ years of related technical engineering experience.
2. OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience.
3. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience or internship experience.
4. OR Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience.
5. 8+ years of experience in CPU and System Architecture.
6. 5+ years of experience with RAS features and their implementation in hardware and software.
7. 5+ years of experience with analyzing and mitigating soft errors at the System on Chip (SoC) level.

Other Requirements

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in developing full-stack architecture specifications and working with Silicon and platform partners.
2. Ability to straddle the Hardware/Software boundaries.
3. Problem-solving skills, out-of-box thinking, and quick learning abilities.
4. Ability to lead cross-organization teams.

Silicon Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 19, 2024.

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