Senior Principal Hardware Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Principal Hardware Engineer

• Focus: Cloud data center hardware quality, debugging, and supplier quality management

Description

Lead quality-focused hardware engineering efforts for cloud infrastructure, including root-cause analysis, critical-to-quality metrics, and supplier quality management for data center hardware. Drive resolution of critical and high-severity hardware plus software/firmware issues across data centers, development teams, and suppliers, including hands-on GPU subsystem failure analysis. Manage multiple NPI builds and quality phase-gate deliverables through engineering development toward production readiness, using scalable debug/data management with AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for complex quality solutions with internal/external partners

• Use AI tooling/agentic methods to scale debug and data management

• Continuously improve processes using root-cause analysis (RCA)

• Develop and implement supplier quality management strategy for high manufacturing quality

• Resolve critical and high-severity issues across data centers, development groups, and suppliers (hardware and software/firmware)

• Perform hands-on debug in global data centers (onsite and virtual), focused on GPU subsystem failure analysis

• Manage multiple NPI builds and quality phase-gate deliverables from concept through production readiness

• Establish Critical-to-Quality performance metrics to measure and improve product quality

• Act as the voice of quality in hardware change management

Requirements

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 6+ years technical engineering experience, OR Master’s with 9+ years, OR Bachelor’s with 11+ years (or equivalent experience)

• Ability to meet required security screening, including passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation (details provided by the employer)

• Base pay range (U.S.): USD $165,600–$296,400 per year; Bay Area/NYC range: USD $220,800–$331,200 per year