Responsibilities
Design, implement, optimize, debug, and maintain software across Android-based devices, embedded platform components, hardware abstraction layers, and native system services.
Drive the design and integration of device connectivity capabilities, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, USB, and other hardware interfaces and communication protocols.
Collaborate with hardware, firmware, security, cloud-service, and product engineering teams to define requirements, identify dependencies, and develop technical designs for new device capabilities.
Lead hardware and platform bring-up activities, analyze interactions across operating-system, driver, firmware, chipset, antenna, peripheral, and service layers, and drive complex issues to resolution.
Use logs, traces, protocol analysis, telemetry, and hardware diagnostic tools to investigate connectivity, performance, power, reliability, and interoperability issues.
Develop and improve automated verification, hardware-in-the-loop testing, diagnostic tooling, and continuous integration infrastructure for device and connectivity scenarios.
Provide technical guidance to other engineers, contribute to project and release planning, and drive assigned capabilities through design, implementation, integration, validation, and release.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Python.
OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
Other 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 thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’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++, or Python.
OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in these languages.
OR equivalent experience.
Experience developing native or system software using C, C++, Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Linux, or another embedded operating system.
Experience with wireless connectivity or device protocols, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, USB, TCP/IP, audio, sensors, or related hardware interfaces.
Experience bringing up hardware and diagnosing complex issues across operating-system, driver, firmware, chipset, peripheral, and hardware boundaries.
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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
