Do you want to be part of a startup culture while working for Microsoft? Do you like being close to the customer, ensuring Microsoft devices delight users? Want to work as part of a dynamic team? The Surface Post Launch Engineering team is looking for someone that can help shape the future of devices by being the face of our in-market products.

We're seeking a talented senior Principal Software Engineer to analyse, debug, design and implement effective and scalable solutions that improve product quality and reliability.

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Responsibilities

• Debugging software issues, developing fixes and adding new features to existing Surface products.

• Development activities include integration and configuration management as well as designing and implementing effective solutions to improve product quality and customer satisfaction.

• An understanding of real-time, embedded firmware and strong troubleshooting and debugging skills are critical to help isolate and fix problems quickly.

• You should be able work well in a collaborative environment with peers across the company.

Qualifications

• A BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in software development.

• 7+ years of experience in embedded software development.

• Excellent C/C++ design, coding, and debugging skills.

• A sound track-record of shipping high volume consumer products and having been through at least two development cycles.

• Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar code.

Desired experience:

• Provide technical leadership, mentor and support junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

• At least 7+ years contributing to device drivers and kernel programming for consumer PCs or electronics.

• Knowledge of hardware buses such as USB, PCIe, I2C, SPI, or others which may appear in consumer electronics devices.

• Some experience diagnosing power and performance issues on a Windows device.

• Experience dealing with geographically diverse teams.

• Responsible for collaboration with partners across organizational boundaries.

• Responsible for driving/contributing to product milestones and reviews

• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to make progress in the face of it.

• Understanding of SoC architectures, embedded firmware, Windows/Linux OS internals, multimedia domain (Audio/Video/Camera/Graphics), server and client components, end-to-end system testing.

• Enthusiastic, motivated and self-driven

• Some domestic and international travel may be necessary

Other Requirements

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screening

• 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) .