The Microsoft Cloud Server Infrastructure (CSI) team is an exciting and fast evolving engineering group within Microsoft. Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help build the infrastructure that powers the world’s largest online services.

The CSI Engineering team is responsible for Microsoft's server hardware definition and design. We work closely with Microsoft product groups, industry partners and researchers to design and develop server hardware that drives our cloud services at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO).  

We currently seek a Hardware Program Manager; in this role you will work with SKU enablement PMs, system engineers, qualification PMs and our test labs to help support the engineering projects and process of the next generation of server hardware and peripherals that will power the Microsoft Cloud.

Responsibilities

For this role, we are seeking an experienced industry professional who can help define project mgmt. best practices and associated tools, drive the execution of critical component testing & qualification initiatives and programs to deliver industry leading cloud infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s online services used by our customers around the world.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Partnering with internal business and engineering team members to understand existing processes and ongoing engineering projects and related activities
• Define and develop project mgmt. processes, tooling and reporting portals
• Manage and track hardware suppliers including qualification activities to ensure that hardware qualifications are completed on schedule and with detailed results
• Coordinate with hardware suppliers on hardware qualification schedules, test samples and expectations

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar field (or similar experience)
• 2 years or greater industry experience working in the technology field or on development of electromechanical devices, from definition to delivery
• Willingness to work with external partners and internal customers to manage component qualifications
• Growth mindset with respect to learning about key elements of server and data center architecture
• Effective communication skills required, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts in verbal and written forms

Microsoft is a highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to produce cutting edge cloud technology that changes our world. The Cloud Server Infrastructure (CSI) team in Microsoft’s Azure C+E division is responsible for delivering server infrastructure for Microsoft’s online services. The hardware for operating these services (over 200 and counting), comprises of hundreds of thousands of servers spread globally and applications that reach hundreds of millions of users every day. Our customer-base is growing rapidly, our infrastructure investments are multiplying, and the size of our global infrastructure is increasing by the day - along with the scale of our challenges. Learn more about our team and projects here Azure Hardware Infrastructure

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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.

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