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Posted date: Oct 11, 2024
Category: Hardware Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $128,250
Range: $81,900 - $174,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft’s Xbox Hardware team consists of diverse and creative professional who design, test, and manufacture some of the best-loved gaming and entertainment devices in the world. Our teams ship tens of millions of hardware products every year including the Xbox Series S, Series X, a full accessories lineup, and more. Team Xbox is the destination for the brightest minds in consumer electronics design. Come join our team to deliver exciting new products to fans and customers worldwide!
The Xbox console hardware team is seeking an entry level Electrical Engineer to own schematic design on key Xbox products. The candidate will possess the ability to collaborate closely with engineers across the team who work on many different electrical subsystems like memory, power, high-speed IO, low-speed IO, RF, SOCs, and mechanical design. This individual will work to gather design requirements, understand subsystem architectures, and integrate everything into one cohesive schematic design for a next-gen product. The candidate will be well versed in core electrical engineering design principles and need to have a good understanding of circuit design, datasheet analysis, timing analysis, power, performance, and circuit debugging. An eagerness to learn, good communication skills, and a willingness to tackle big challenges are necessary for success in this position.
Own the end-to-end development of the electrical schematic for flagship Xbox products. Implement innovative solutions to electrical design challenges with guidance from other engineers. Read component specifications and interpret common details required to design and test various hardware features. Analyze and interpret electrical test results to identify common problems or flaws that affect the product design. Develop design documentation including drawings, specifications, schematics, or wiring diagrams. Determine the appropriate test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers) for measuring and testing an electrical circuit. Write verification test cases using standard templates and test methodologies. Develop, review, and execute test plans for standard Xbox features and products. Document essential details about materials, components, and/or assemblies for a device via accepted release processes. Accurately record and track changes to designs following established processes with some guidance from other engineers. Communicate project progress and status within the team and escalate issues as necessary.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
4+ years of technical engineering experience
o OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Experience with creating robust electrical designs and/or verification plans for consumer electronics products.
Demonstrated contributions toward developing, reviewing, and executing test plans for standard electrical features or products.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) of technical engineering experience
o OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Familiarity with following project implementation schedules to deliver the hardware engineering aspects of a well-defined feature or product. Ability to follow established procedures to create detailed functional specifications for product features. Experience with performing hands-on testing and troubleshooting of integrated electrical systems using conventional test equipment, measurement equipment and data compilation. The candidate needs to use the above data to provide technical recommendations about features and subsystems.
Electrical Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $81,900 - $160,200 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 $105,600 - $174,600 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 1, 2024.
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