Technical Leader for Systems Engineering

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is seeking a Technical Leader for Systems Engineering to drive innovation in their cloud services. The role involves developing and implementing strategies for hardware systems and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Be a thought leader in the development of innovative solutions for our hardware platforms, setting goals, objectives, and outcomes and ensuring that they are met
• Develop and implement innovative strategies to drive innovation and ideation
• Identify areas of improvement and develop strategies to address them
• Drive alignment across technical stakeholders through deep understanding of system architecture elements – processors, accelerators, servers, network, and datacenter architecture
• Develop innovative solutions from technology to transition to platform scale, performance, quality, and differentiation
• Create and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and vendors
• Monitor and analyze industry trends and developments to ensure that our innovation efforts are competitive
• Develop and implement processes and procedures to ensure that our innovation efforts are efficient and effective
• Provide technical advice and guidance to the team
• Embody our culture and values

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years technical engineering experience in GPUs, Networking, system engineering, compute and storage or product development with a provider of cloud, datacenter, network, server products or services OR equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• MS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, OR related field; AND 9+ years technical engineering experience with a provider of cloud, datacenter, network, server products or services
• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, OR related field; AND 15+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience with a provider of cloud, datacenter, network, server products or services
• Overall subject matter expertise in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering with enough knowledge to be capable of leading other engineering areas outside of subject matter expertise
• 10+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
• End to end expert hardware system knowledge of silicon, server, networking, and datacenter architecture, processes, and technology
• Knowledge of datacenter technologies and trends
• Ability to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions
• Extensive experience and knowledge in operating in technical domains and environments that have ambiguity
• Experience and ability to influence without authority across engineering teams
• Experience leading critical engineering initiatives that span multiple teams, which often have conflicting priorities and schedules
• Demonstrated critical thinking, program management skills, and collaboration experience