Firmware Engineering Manager - Redmond, United States - Microsoft Corporation

Description

At Xbox, we are diverse, creative, and passionate about gaming. The Xbox

Gaming Devices

Ecosystem

team focuses on designing, testing, and manufacturing all Xbox hardware and Xbox accessories.

Our teams ship tens of millions of hardware products every year including the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, a full accessories lineup, and more.

Microsoft is the destination for the brightest minds in gaming device design. We are building

future

Xbox

hardware

and accessories,

come be

part of what is next
Here is your chance to join

the Gaming Devices Electrical and

Firmware Development

team

Our team

is responsible for

the Electrical and


FW
development of all Xbox devices. As a Firmware Engineering Manager

in our team

,

y

ou will

be responsible

for

the electrical system design

and architecture

for

future

Xbox

products. A mix of technical breadth and depth will allow you to work cross-functionally with different disciplines (Industrial Design, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal,

Silicon,

Software

/

Firmware

, and others

) to develop compelling innovative products.

Our team

is

responsible for

system/board level design of

various subsystems, which

includes

driving simulations,

prototyping,


PCB
layout, and selection of key components for high volume manufacturing

.

You will be expected to

have both depth and breadth

in

multiple areas of electrical design

,

system

integration, and characterization.
If you are a seasoned

electrical

engineer with passion for building

reliable, quality

products for millions of customers;

i

f you want hands-on technical and management work, and like to produce impact across a large of products; if you have a penchant to learn and utilize your broad skill set to produce great customer impact; then this opportunity is for you - Join the Gaming Devices Electrical and

Firmware

Engineering team and help us envision and build technical solutions that allow gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want
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 positivelyimpactour culture every day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
12+ years of technical engineering experience

OR
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years

of

designing, implementing, and shipping high volume consumer electronics products of medium to high complexity.

OR
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience.

ORDoctorate degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience.

Preferred qualifications:
o
ORMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND

10+ years of experience with firmware development and architecture including direct work on shipping products within the consumer electronics industry.

5+ years of management experience or a demonstrated ability to grow and develop teams.
Demonstrated communication skills, including the ability to clearly express complex technical concepts in verbal and written forms.
Ability to debug and resolve issues spanning multiple electrical subsystems and products.
An understanding of computer system architecture and firmware design within the Windows Operating System.

Experience with power and performance analysis on CPU/GPU workloads including a deep understanding of power states, performance benchmarking, and power optimization.

Technical depth in multiple areas of embedded systems and computer systems such as power delivery and management, control buses such as I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit), USB (Universal Serial Bus), PCIe (Peripheral component interconnect express), MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface), HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) or DDR (Double Data Rate).

Experience with hardware prototype bring-up, failure analysis, and manufacturing test environments and a demonstrated ability to sort hardware failures from software failures.

Problem solving and debugging skills with a solid understanding of core engineering principles, fundamental circuit design, and analytical techniques are required.

Experience with coaching or mentoring junior engineers.
Experience with resolving ambiguity.
Electrical Engineering M- The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:
Th

is role is for a Firmware Engineering Manager with a background in firmware development for embedded systems. You will be contributing to all phases of product development, from design through manufacturing and productization.

You will create the firmware for key electrical subsystems and work closely with hardware teams to ensure hardware integrates well with the firmware.

You will contribute to design of various firmware components, including driver interface, system libraries needed for SoC bring-up, protocol and feature development of low-level hardware.

Responsibilities will include:

Build and lead your team of extremely talented engineers to deliver innovation at scale and own delivery of product of Gaming Devices.

C programing, with SoC Architecture and Design, writing low level drivers, root causing issues at the intersection of multiple subsystems across firmware and hardware.

Collaborate with thermal

and

firmware teams to design thermal algorithms to balance thermals, acoustics, and performance in

a

system

to meet product

and

regulatory requirements.
SOC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, board support package porting, peripherals such as PCIe, NVMe, I2C, SPI, USB, UARTs. OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations .

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