Senior Hardware Engineer – FPGA & Platform Security

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Hardware Engineer – FPGA & Platform Security
• Focus: Hardware root of trust for Azure server platforms (FPGA/firmware/BMC to datacenter deployment)

Description

You will help define and build the hardware root of trust that protects Azure’s fleet. The role translates security architecture into requirements, prototypes and validates secure boot, attestation, and secure recovery features, and partners across silicon, firmware, BMC, and industry ecosystems.

Your work spans lab validation through deployment at hyperscale.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements, specifications, and interface definitions for trust and integrity capabilities (secure boot, attestation, firmware recovery).
• Lead bring-up of new server, SoC, and FPGA-based platforms from first power-on through firmware, BMC, and OS boot.
• Set up, maintain, and evolve lab infrastructure for racks, networking, power, debug tooling, and remote management access.
• Prototype and integrate root-of-trust and HSM capabilities on FPGA and emulation platforms; create validation plans for normal, fault, and recovery scenarios.
• Build diagnostics, telemetry, and automated recovery tools to detect problems, report health, and return to a known-good state.
• Debug complex system-level issues across silicon, FPGA, firmware, BMC, and software boundaries; convert findings into improvements in design and tooling.
• Partner with silicon vendors/ODMs and industry groups (e.g., OCP) to drive adoption, mentor engineers, and produce reusable documentation.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field with 3+ years technical engineering experience, OR Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years, OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements (including passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years).

Benefits

• Eligibility for benefits and other compensation (role-specific).
• Base pay range across the U.S.: USD $119,800–$234,700 per year; different ranges apply for specific metro areas.