New 
Principal Hardware System Validation Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 02, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge technology that changes our world. The Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering (CHIE) team is seeking a highly motivated Principal Hardware Systems Validation Engineer to work in a team of other hardware and software developers to create systems and modules to be deployed in Microsoft's Azure Cloud. Microsoft provides ample opportunities for developers to have an impact on products that touch the lives of millions of users daily, in a cutting-edge public cloud environment. As a Systems Engineering team member, you will develop System Validation plans for Azure's leading HW solutions by incorporating advanced technologies, datacenter use cases and by working across different engineering functions. Responsibilities will include architecting and developing efficient test and debug frameworks for cutting edge technologies, building test and debug automation, partnering with leading technology providers to define test and debug strategies, driving unified and efficient test, validation and debug methodologies across product segments. This is an opportunity to leverage and grow your existing hardware design/validation experience and provide innovative E2E hardware solutions to Microsoft Cloud. Come join this exciting and growing team through our monumental evolution of cloud hardware at Azure and Microsoft! 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.
ResponsibilitiesDefine and Develop System validationarchitecture, testframeworks,and test plansfor complex HW solutions based on CPU/GPU applicationsto achieve holistic test coverage and efficient debugging.Drivecontinuous improvementto achieve a unified and standardtesting,validation,and debugmethodology- adopt automation, AI Capabilities to drive efficiency and enhance test coverage.Apply your knowledge in ARM, x86, Nvidia, & AMD (GPU) instruction sets, and different technologies to create tests that are portable across different CPU & GPU architecturesContribute to SOC and Server architecture design in the areas of Observability, Testability, Debuggability (OTD) to facilitate analogous capabilities that will support standardized validation tests and debug methodsUse your knowledge in debug methodology (e.g., kernel debug, JTAG debug, crash-dumps) to create debug tools that are analogous and potentially portable across CPU & GPU architectures. Create near-standardized tools for parsing and decoding debug logs.Work with ODMs, Engineers from different functions such as HW, FW, OS/SW, Debug, and Test to develop validation execution plans fornew technologiesand MSFT IP features.Hands on engineering work Drive defect triaging, debugging, and resolution for cross functionalissues.Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure systems meet significant quality, reliability, and service level requirements for acloudenvironmentDeveloping quality criteria fordifferent phasesof programs- with metrics such as test coverage, bug discovery, test optimization, test automation etc.Work withstakeholdersonprocess improvement, data qualityimprovementandcross-boundary triaging.Automatereview process to improve data quality and scaling capability.Mentor other validation engineers in test plan creation, writing test casesto have holistic coverage | |