Hardware Innovation Lead

2 days ago


Mountain View, California, United States Microsoft Corporation Full time

**Principal Hardware Innovator - Optical Solutions**

About the Role

This Senior Hardware Architect role is crucial for Microsoft's LEAP team within the SPARC organization in Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure (AHSI). The successful candidate will evaluate alternative interconnect technologies and identify innovative ways of applying them to new systems architectures.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Evaluate and recommend alternative interconnect technologies for future systems architectures.
  • Collaborate with ecosystem partners to identify and develop promising technologies addressing Azure business challenges.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to land promising solutions in Azure data centers.
Key Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, combined with 12+ years of technical engineering experience.
  • Familiarity with datacenter-class optical module technologies such as Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Octal Small Form Factor Pluggable (QSFP)/(OSFP) form factor pluggable modules or emerging Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) or Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) approaches.
  • Strong understanding of optical transceiver components and their application in datacenter environments.
Benefits and Compensation

The estimated annual salary range for this position is USD $161,600 - $286,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for additional benefits and compensation.



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