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Posted date: Nov 08, 2024
Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $215,800
Range: $137,600 - $294,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Principal Software Engineer -Windows Silicon & Systems IntegrationMicrosoft Windows Silicon & System Integration team (WSSI) is on a journey to deliver iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people love and use every day. A fundamental element of our strategy is building desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want. Creating these new experiences and devices involves close partnership between hardware engineers, software engineers, designers, and manufacturing along with the various industry partners that closely collaborate to create industry defining firsts. Our obsession with the right experience combined with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their best is reflected in our devices.
The WSSI team is seeking a highly motivated Principal Software Engineer with a strong development background in firmware and drivers on x86/ARM system on chip (SOCs) for windows platform. This person will be crucial in system design and implementation, collaborating with hardware and software architects and developers to establish engineering requirements and deliverables, and oversee the complete integration of systems and software. They will also ensure that product-specific operating systems (OS) deliverables and features are aligned with both internal and external partners.
Come join us as we scale up our organization to meet the challenges of creating new and innovative experiences and delivering devices that people love.
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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Drive engineering requirements and implementationWorks with cross-functionals teams to gather software requirements from various SoC subsystems which are needed for SOC/Product development and end-to-end software integrationLeads design discussions with the team and shares findings/learnings from investigations, holding ownership for design decisionsDevelops and executes software integration and validation plan by actively collaborating with cross functional engineering teams, SOC partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) & original design manufacturers (ODMs)Leads validation planning, identifies hardware/software test tools/resources and implementation strategyLeads efforts to optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance and maintainability and effectivenessServes as a mentor to the team and guides them about complex features, systems, integration, testing strategies, and automationRuns code in simulated or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime across productsLeads efforts to continually integrate automation features when planning for testingEmbody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience2+ years Industry experience in designing, developing, debugging and shipping low-level drivers on WindowsOther Requirements
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 thereafterPreferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,OR PythonOR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experienceExperience with software version control systems (such as GIT, ADO, etc.) for large scale software developmentAbility to create and manage continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelinesUnderstanding of ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) processor family and software development on ARM processorExperience in C/C++ developing firmware and/or device driversKnowledge of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), ARM trust zone, Bootloaders, Board support packages (BSP) is a plusExperience with the SOC Hardware/Software architecture and its impact on device and software development cyclesA deep understanding of software lifecycle in a device development environment and the interplay between software and hardware development and schedulesSoftware Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
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