Principal Mechanical Engineer

Overview

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, Teams, One Drive, 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 and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the CHSE (Cloud Hardware Systems Engineering) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware.

We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for Principal Mechanical Engineers to join the team.

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Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical engineers to develop systems and building blocks for Azure datacenters
• Bring clarity, create energy, and drive results in a way that inspires engineers to perform at their best and grow their career
• Provide technical guidance, development, and mentorship in mechanical design, validation, and technical leadership
• Develop scalable workflows with focus on continuous improvement, quality, cost, and predictability
• Ensure high standards of engineering excellence in design and development balanced with the need for agility and time to market
• Build relationships with key partners inside and outside Microsoft to source components, lead design strategy, ensure robust performance prediction, review manufacturing processes, and ensure adherence to regulatory, quality, and safety standards
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of mechanical systems, provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Drive strategy for mechanical design materials and design strategy with keen focus on sustainable materials with respect to their mechanical properties and re-use of common parts across generations.
• Stay abreast of the latest trends, advancements, and best practices in mechanical engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data center technologies, and propose innovative ideas to enhance our hardware offerings

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related 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:

• Experience:
  
  Minimum of 15 years experience in industry performing a mechanical engineering function
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Understanding of mechanical design principles and predictive analysis, material selection, manufacturing processes, and use of CAD and CAE software
• Leadership Abilities:
  At least five years experience leading a team of engineers, coordinating complex projects, and driving innovation in a collaborative environment
• Industry experience in server hardware development, data center infrastructure, or cloud computing
• Experience in sheet metal design, PCA mechanical design, plastic design
• Experience in cross-discipline design process from chip to the rack level
• Experience managing ODM engineering deliverables
• Knowledge of material science, design for manufacturing, and sustainable design
• Experience with prototyping, tooling design, and high volume manufacturing

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