Microsoft

Senior HW Engineer, TPM

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering with relevant experience
  • 3+ years of technical engineering experience (or 5+ years with a Bachelor's)
  • Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements
  • 4+ years in engineering, product management, or data analysis preferred
  • 2+ years managing cross-functional projects

Responsibilities

  • Lead lab support for a major site and coordinate global resource sharing
  • Own lab strategy and capacity planning for various technical aspects
  • Ensure readiness of AI and compute racks, including integration and scheduling
  • Manage new-site standups and platform transitions with detailed planning
  • Oversee procurement for critical equipment and manage supplier performance
  • Drive standardized lab operations and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Establish repeatable operating models for consistent execution

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Employee discounts and perks
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end lab support for a major SCHIE site and coordinate global lab alignment and resource sharing across locations.
  • Own lab strategy and roadmap-to-capacity planning across space, power and cooling, networks, racks and benches, tooling, and support coverage to ensure program readiness.
  • AI and compute rack readiness, including rack integration, power distribution, cabling and optics, network bring-up, and burn-in scheduling.
  • Lead new-site standups, expansions, and platform transitions, including build and cutover plans, go/no-go criteria, migration waves, technical baselines, asset disposition, and early-life stabilization.
  • Manage scope, schedules, risks, budgets, dependencies, competing priorities, and escalation paths across lab programs.
  • Own long-lead procurement for critical compute, network, power, and specialty equipment, including alternatives, expediting, and supplier performance.
  • Drive standardized lab operations and continuous improvement across builds, inventory, safety, security, access controls, documentation, and audit readiness.
  • Establish repeatable operating models-including standard procedures, intake workflows, inventory taxonomy, rack templates, and runbooks-to enable consistent execution and geographic expansion.
  • Partner with engineering, management, finance, facilities, security, vendors, and support teams to align requirements, decisions, and delivery plans.
  • Maintain timely stakeholder communications, decision and risk records, readiness criteria, and operating documentation.
  • Embody Microsoft's culture and values.
  • Perform related duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
    • OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:
  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience
    • OR equivalent experience
  • 4+ years of experience in engineering, product or technical program management, data analysis, or product development, OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in a dynamic environment.
  • Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar work-management tools.
  • Ability to engage in dynamic work environment.
  • Experience in analytics/metrics reporting.
  • Working knowledge of network equipment, peripherals, and compute hardware.
  • Effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with strong organization, documentation, and attention to detail.
  • Experience with analytics and metrics reporting and proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.


Hardware Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
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