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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 Thermal Engineering Manager with a passion for developing customer-focused solutions and striving for engineering excellence in thermal design and analysis. The Thermal Engineering Manager will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of future high density, liquid-cooled systems in Azure datacenters by developing and leading a global team of thermal engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of thermal 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 careerProvide technical guidance, development, and mentorshipin mechanical design, validation, and technical leadership

• Recruit, hire, and grow talent to build a high performing teamDevelop scalable work flows 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 Microsoftto source components, lead design strategy, ensure robust performance prediction, review manufacturing processes, and ensure adherence to regulatory, quality, and safety standards.

• Ability to understand the ODM working relationship and drive the thermal engineering team to successfully collaborate with ODM’s to deliver products that meet specification.

• 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 thermaltechnology 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 thermal engineering, cloud infrastructure, and data center technologies, and propose innovative ideas to enhance our hardware offerings.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Education:Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineeringwith a focus on Heat Transfer and Fluids

• Experience:Minimum of 8 years experience in industry performing a thermal engineering function

• Technical Skills:Understanding of thermal/mechanical design principles and predictive analysis, material selection, manufacturing processes, and use of CAD and CAE software

• Leadership Abilities: At least two years experience leading ateam of engineers, coordinating complex projects, and driving innovation in a collaborative environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry experience in serverhardware development, data center infrastructure, or cloud computing

• Experience in systems level thermal design including thermal simulation

• 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

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. 

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .