Electrical Engineer II

The Surface Team builds powerful devices that fully express the Windows vision, enable the experiences people want, and elicit their excitement. Creating these devices involves a close partnership between hardware and software engineers, designers, and manufacturing. The Surface Team is hiring an Electrical Engineer II to help build the next generation of Surface!

As an Electrical Engineer II on the Surface Quality Design Verification System Engineering (DVSE) team, you would get the opportunity to create and execute on camera electronics design validation solutions across the Surface device portfolio.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive design verification strategies and plans bridging high-level customer experience use cases to product architecture/design to effectively and systematically reveal and verify design and production defects.
• Provide critical analysis of test data and drive the right solutions, design changes, and trade-offs in the context of business priorities.
• Create and introduce innovative test techniques and methods to ensure robust product qualification.
• Utilize your knowledge of critical performance data and your statistical data analysis techniques to set product test requirements and limits.
• Develop test methodologies and plans, execute test procedures, debug/bring-up and project-manage qualification cycles.
• Work closely with camera engineers, module suppliers, manufacturing test and reliability to ensure end customer delight with Surface camera experiences.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Working experience with high-speed electrical interfaces (MIPI and USB 2.0/3.0), and low-speed serial control interfaces (I2C and SPI).
• Experience with a scripting and/or programming language (PowerShell, C#, C++, Python, etc.).
• Experience developing test solutions to verify electrical, mechanical, power and thermal performance.
• Experiences in schematic and board layout review using Cadence or equivalent and an understanding of PCB layout principles, including high speed signal integrity, power integrity, de-sense, DFM, etc.

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:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

Electrical Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 19, 2025.

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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