Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer

About the job 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, 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 and we are looking for passionate, high-energy 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 Hardware, Infrastructure Management, and Fundamentals Engineering (HIFE) 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 dedicated technical engineers with a 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 a Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer to join the team. Responsibilities Develop and implement a robust supplier quality management strategy to ensure the data center hardware is manufactured at the highest level of quality standards. Manage multiple NPI builds and quality phase-gate deliverables for the manufacturing team throughout the engineering development lifecycle, from concept through production readiness. Lead quality issue or improvement task force to contain, mitigate, and resolve the top-quality issues impacting global data centers. Establish Critical-to-Quality performance metrics to measure and improve product quality. Conduct GPU sub-system failure analysis including the failure log review. Drive the continuous improvement process based on Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and identified opportunities. Act as the voice of quality in the hardware change management process, ensuring quality requirements are considered and met. Qualifications Required Qualifications 12+ years relevant technical engineering experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience. 8+ years of work experience in managing manufacturing quality in the electronic industry. 5+ years of direct engineering experience in hardware system issue solving. 3+ years of direct GPU related engineering experience in issue debug/test log review. Other Qualifications 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 manufacturing, material, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering, or related field AND 7+ years experience in a manufacturing environment/repair OR Master’s Degree in manufacturing, material, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment OR Doctorate in manufacturing, material, mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in a manufacturing environment/repair OR 9+ years equivalent experience. Patent or track record of engineering excellency. 12+ years of experience in working with the modern server architectures – includes understanding of GPU, Memory or CPU and methods for failure analysis, debugging or validation. Leadership skills and ability to collaborate with diverse teams and drive a call to action. Expert of root cause analysis and corrective action methods to identify contributing factors of production defects. Ability to analyze large data sets, extract key insights, and effectively present and communicate the results. Proficient communication and project management skills. Reliability Engineering IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 – $218,400 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 $145,800 – $238,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: #azurehwjobs #HIFE 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr Microsoft