Senior Hardware Engineer

Overview

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. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, 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 trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, high energy engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft’s Silicon and Cloud Hardware Infrastructure (SCHIE) business continues to grow, delivering new offerings on time, at scale, with high quality and optimized cost is critical. To achieve this, the SCHIE Product and Procurement Optimization (SPPO) team plays a key role in defining and implementing portfolio optimization processes and controls that enable effective management and delivery of silicon hardware development, including fleet hardware for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure.

The SPPO (SCHIE Product and Procurement Optimization) team is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineer, Technical Program Manager to drive complex hardware initiatives. This role requires a strong background in hardware product development, including silicon and platform design, combined with strategic thinking, business acumen, and a bias for action. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, builds strong partnerships across senior leaders and engineering teams, and brings proven experience collaborating with hardware and software engineers.

Expertise in technical program management, engineering process optimization and the ability to execute with precision in an evolving environment are essential.

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Responsibilities

• Drive strategic hardware and silicon development programs and portfolio optimization by defining scope, goals, success metrics, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Drive portfolio assessments and investment tradeoff decisions by evaluating resource needs, dependencies, execution risks and priorities.
• Partner with engineering leaders to turn product roadmaps into actionable spend forecasts and fully funded operating plans.
• Collaborate across engineering, sourcing, supply chain, procurement and finance to deliver strategic initiatives and optimize the portfolio.
• Deliver program status reviews on risks, opportunities and performance metrics, and create high-impact communications for leadership and organization-wide audiences
• Identify efficiency opportunities across outsourced development, EDA tools, IP, emulation, compute, labs, prototypes, and silicon and platform development to improve return on investment and engineering productivity.
• Manage OPEX and CAPEX spend and procurement processes to ensure accurate budgeting, forecasting and cost control.
• Lead Lean and Six Sigma process improvement initiatives to streamline workflows and improve operational efficiency.
• Build and maintain real-time Power BI dashboards and use AI to improve program insights and decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
• OR equivalent experience

Preferred qualifications

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience

OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ 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

5+ years of experience in implementing engineering processes, driving continuous improvement to deliver operational efficiency

Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, Management Team, etc.)

Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI with strong data analysis capabilities and the ability to translate complex data into clear, business-relevant insights.

Experience with Six Sigma or Lean methodologies.

Advanced Proficiency in KPI tracking, real-time dashboards, and Power BI for data visualization and reporting, ensuring adherence to data standards.

Demonstrated ability to leverage data, AI, Copilot, and agentic AI capabilities to drive operational efficiency. Experience driving AI adoption and scaling AI-powered workflows across organizations.

Working knowledge of CAPEX, OPEX, COGS, capitalization, depreciation, accruals, and financial controls.

Strong capability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize strategic and tactical options, and drive issues to closure with high quality.

Advanced data analysis skills to translate complex data into clear, business-relevant insights that drive decision-making.

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.

Hardware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.

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