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Posted date: Aug 23, 2024
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Category: Hardware Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $183,700
Range: $117,200 - $250,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
The Xbox Hardware team is a diverse and creative group that designs, tests and makes some of the world's most popular entertainment devices. We ship millions of hardware products every year. Join us to work on the next generation of Xbox! We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer who can lead complex test planning and execution through tough product development cycles.If you're a seasoned engineer with the ability to guide interdisciplinary teams and have over seven years of mechanical product testing experience, particularly four or more years with consumer electronics, keep reading. Your role involves evaluating various components and product assemblies, delivering innovative solutions through testing, selecting alternate materials and component features, and contributing to product specifications. You'll be writing test plans, developing new procedures for design validation, managing test schedules, mitigating issues, and effectively communicating with global engineering teams. Occasional international travel is required to support testing and manufacturing, as well as collaboration with international manufacturers and external partners.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Testing and VerificationReviews documentation to help ensure that the appropriate test requirements and improvements are included in relevant hardware designs and specifications by applying an understanding of how complex features or products work under a variety of customer scenarios.Co-develops methods of measurement with appropriate partners (e.g., ME Design, Manufacturing Test Equipment Engineering, Reliability Engineering) for measuring features of new product technology based on newly created or modified verification plans.Identifies new tools, test methodologies, and best practices for creating test cases that include elements such as success metrics and tracking systems.Develops, reviews, and executes test plans for complex feature areas or products. Creates external testing supplier or partner engagement plans, evaluates supplier or partner readiness, and captures supplier or partner knowledge for use across a product group.Guides other engineers in how to set up and break down testing environments. Outlines safety and testing guidelines for other engineers.Records test data and conducts complex data/statistical analysis to identify bugs, defects, or failures rates, advises other engineers on the use of predictive modeling software (e.g., Excel, Jmp, Creo), and complies reports.Uses root cause analysis to identify highly complex problems or flaws that may affect a range of feature or product design changes. Identifies possible solutions to novel and complex problems across a group of similar products or feature areas.Develops advanced prototype hardware fixtures for use in development, testing and/or validation of complex new product features. Provides guidance to other engineers developing product features. Evaluates prototypes for the purpose of innovating, optimizing and maturing designs.
Project ImplementationGenerates test schedules, monitors performance against schedules, and helps determine resource dependencies for the hardware test engineering aspects of complex features or products. Guides other team members.Resolves design issues, identifies recurring issues, and makes recommendations for necessary design changes and design tradeoffs (e.g., extendibility or refurbishing) for multiple products. Communicates project progress/status within and external to the project team (e.g., to customers and partners) and escalates issues as necessary.Suggests project areas that can support Material Change Review Board (MCRB) efforts to improve and react to production issues, as required within a project team.
Reporting and DocumentationWrites customized reports and functional specifications for an established product or product feature, based on audits and information from product development and verification processes. Reviews and provides feedback on other engineer's documentation.Documents complex details about materials, components, and/or functionality for complex devices via accepted drawing release processes and highlights potential compatibility, safety, and compliance issues. Accurately records and tracks changes to designs following established configuration management and provides guidance to other engineers documenting these details.
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Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications· Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years
related technical engineering experience
o OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related technical engineering experience
o OR Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, or related field
o OR equivalent experience.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
· Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related
technical engineering experience
o OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related technical engineering experience
o OR Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related technical engineering experience
o OR equivalent experience.
o One year or more of direct experience in using and testing of components and sensors such as: gyro, accelerometer, magnetometer, LED, LCD, temperature, infrared, etc
Mechanical Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 Augst 27, 2024.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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