Microsoft

Principal Optical Engineer

United States, California, Mountain View
Salary
$142,800 - $274,800 per year
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · California

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

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…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems

Rare in Microsoft's other 299 open postings.

Compared with Microsoft's other open jobs.

The team: Hardware Engineering

This role is one of 26 open in Hardware Engineering. 24 were posted in the last 30 days, including 3 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Azure (23 of 26), Embedded Systems (13 of 26), Microsoft 365 (13 of 26), Python (6 of 26), Linux (5 of 26), Verilog (5 of 26), FPGA (4 of 26)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Microsoft's own job board.

Other openings for this role

2 open postings for this role in United States, California, Mountain View, first posted 27 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

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