Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Senior Electrical Engineer, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Design
Guides their team's review of supplier or partner products and participates in making supplier or partner selection decisions to support product development.
Independently develops design documentation which could include drawings, specifications, schematics, or diagrams that contribute to the development of complex, new products or features. Provides guidance to other engineers on the use of fundamental features of modeling tools and facilitates design reviews by providing and collecting feedback on designs.
Contributes to engineering system design decisions that account for platform-specific technology decisions (e.g., Radio Frequency, Camera, Sensors, Touch) by sharing details about design decisions and needs with internal cross-functional stakeholders.
Creates and executes on robust, scalable, secure, and extensible designs and/or verification plans that account for current industry/competitive threats for the electrical engineering aspects of a variety of established, complex products or feature areas.
Develops and implements solutions to complex technical and/or design challenges that may involve multiple technical and business-related variables. Applies lessons learned to develop future focused solutions to complex design challenges.
Writes internal device specification sheets. Reads device specification sheets and interprets complex details required to design and test various hardware features.
Uses root cause analysis to identify highly complex problems or flaws that may affect a range of features or product design changes. Identifies possible solutions to novel and complex problems.
Provides make-versus-buy recommendations to management with tradeoffs based on complexity, financial impact, quality, reliability, and time duration. Influences decision making with stakeholders working on similar products.
Displays deep knowledge in a specific and complex engineering domain or knowledge in multiple technical areas. Shares and acquires advanced knowledge of industry trends, competitors' products, the customer experience, and advances in various engineering fields.
Participates in creating intellectual property and conducts technical due diligence. May file patents within own area of scope and completing necessary patent documentation.
Design / Testing and Verification
Participates in simulation of a complex components or subassemblies to ensure design is robust and to virtually test hardware features under different environments and/or conditions.
Reporting and Documentation
Writes customized reports and functional specifications for an established product or product feature, based on audits and information from product development and verification processes. Reviews and provides feedback on other engineers' documentation. Recommends standardized procedures for teams to follow.
Documents complex details about materials, components, and/or functionality for complex devices via accepted release processes and highlights potential compatibility issues. Accurately records and tracks changes to designs following established processes and provides guidance to other engineers documenting these details.
Technical Project Implementation
Resolves design issues, identifies recurring issues, and makes recommendations for necessary design changes and design tradeoffs (e.g., extendibility or refurbishing) for multiple products.
Communicates project progress/status within and external to the project team (e.g., to customers and partners) and escalates issues as necessary.
Implements and tracks product plans that account for the user experience, enable customer/partner testing scenarios, identify critical requirements (e.g., function, quality, safety, reparability, and/or reliability) and are verifiable.
Recognizes trends to optimize existing processes, or creates new processes that can be used by similar product-unit disciplines.
Generates project implementation schedules, monitors performance against schedules, and helps determine resource dependencies for the hardware engineering aspects of complex features or products. Guides other team members.
Researches and identifies new tools, technologies, or processes for project implementation to improve product quality, performance, and reliability.
Identifies the most significant project risks (e.g., supplier or partner delays, incomplete specs, or tool issues) at the outset of a project, and develops plans to address those risks. Incorporates learnings from previous projects.
Testing and Verification
Creates dashboards or reports for testing and quality metrics based on hardware characterization and performance data, in partnership with other internal groups (e.g., IT, Testing).
Reviews the automated testing solutions with reusability, extendibility, and scalability and helps with complex debugging within a product line. Seeks out opportunities for automation.
Writes design verification test cases by identifying new tools, test methodologies, and/or best practices that include elements such as success metrics and tracking systems.
Develops, reviews, and executes test plans and/or infrastructure for complex or large sized scope feature areas or products. Provides guidance to other engineers to execute test plans.
Develops test fixtures for use in testing and/or validation of new product features. Provides guidance to other engineers in developing test fixtures for basic features.
Creates new verification plans and anticipates the @types of test equipment required for measuring features of new product technology. Participates in the design and development of new, specialized equipment as needed for testing new or unique hardware.
Uses data and statistical analysis to identify highly complex problems or flaws that may affect a range of features or product design changes. Identifies possible solutions to novel and complex problems.
Guides other engineers in how to set up and break down testing environment. Outlines safety and testing guidelines for other engineers.
Creates external testing supplier or partner engagement plans, evaluates supplier or partner readiness, and captures knowledge for use across the product. Defines the format of the content to be reported by the external supplier or partner.
Reviews documentation to help ensure that the appropriate test requirements and improvements are included in relevant hardware designs and specifications by applying an understanding of how complex features or products work under a variety of customer scenarios.
Other
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
Experience with MV/LV distribution installation, maintenance and troubleshooting.
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.
Preferred Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience
OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience.
Electrical 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 26, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .
