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Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions.



Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware (HW) infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. 

To achieve this goal, we are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer. 

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will contribute to the design and development of General Compute server components, their integration into building blocks and racks, and support the test and validation teams to ensure their successful deployment in Azure datacenters. The successful candidate has a track record of working in multi-disciplinary teams on product development from concept through production and is well grounded in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering and tackling technical challenges.

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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will utilize your design and analysis skills to take ownership of mechanical projects from concept to production, working with a team of engineers to develop innovative solutions for Microsoft’s cloud hardware infrastructure. You will utilize your engineering expertise to conceptualize and communicate design intent to hardware teams and perform what-if scenarios that is typical in early product development.

Working in conjunction with our ODM and SI partners, you will design mechanical components, systems, and assemblies using CAD software and create prototypes for testing and validation and facilitate their introduction into our products. You will create mechanical specifications and interface control documents and drive best practices for mechanical design across our product portfolio while ensuring compliance with regulatory and safety standards. You will be conducting design reviews, generating engineering documentation and developing test plans and reports including formulating DOEs, analyzing data and driving timely decision making to meet project schedules. Your designs will focus on ensuring part commonality, serviceability and safety, without compromising performance. You will be responsible for proactively selecting and evaluating materials to support Microsoft’s sustainability initiative and drive the re-use of materials across product families and product generations.

As a senior mechanical engineer, you will perform structural statics and dynamics simulations to guide design improvements and maintain adequate design margin against likely failure mechanisms. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams including external vendors and suppliers to source components, lead design strategy, ensure robust performance prediction, review manufacturing processes, and ensure adherence to quality standards. You will provide engineering support to NPI teams by troubleshooting component and systems issues to enable a seamless integration of designs from development into production. You are expected to stay abreast of the latest trends and advancements in mechanical engineering, in cloud infrastructure and data center technologies, and propose innovative ideas to enhance our hardware offerings.

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

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

Mechanical Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 27, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.