Principal Software Engineer- Windows Silicon & System Integration team
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 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 11, 2024 | |
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OverviewPrincipal Software Engineer -Windows Silicon & Systems Integration Microsoft 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.
ResponsibilitiesDrive 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 | |