Job Description

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction and more.

We’re a growing team of talented engineers, program managers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, previous work histories, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!

If you are passionate about groundbreaking Mixed Reality technology and want to work on a team dedicated to a culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, we need you!

The Devices & Technology team within Mixed Reality is responsible for every physical device that Mixed Reality ships - from firmware to final hardware. .

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-driven electrical engineer with strong EE fundamentals and proven track record leading system integration of original or joint designed electronics from prototype through high volume mass production. A successful candidate will be a technical leader, effective communicator, creative, willing learner, and able to analyze and drive complex, cross-functional issues to resolution.

We want you to drive innovation that people love and be boundary-less in seeking solutions.

Responsibilities

• An onboard hire will work alongside hardware, software, and program management peers to deliver a best-in-class MR product including the following tasks -
• Own motherboard and interconnect design quality with a JDM partner.
• Interact with subsystem technical leads to execute system integration of MR hardware.
• Lead as a technical mentor to junior EE team members; delegating design, test, & debug activities as needed.
• Run Spice simulations and perform breadboard/quick turn prototyping to validate circuits in HW.
• Work closely with the HoloLens SW team to plan and execute a HW, FW, and SW bring-up.
• Design or redline schematics and board layouts.
• Support debug & failure analysis at PCBA and form factor builds, possibly on location with a CM.
• Provide input to a hardware validation plan with JDM partner, and review test execution results.
  
  

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar field. MS preferred.
• 5 years of experience with design and system integration of consumer electronics hardware. 8+ years preferred.
• Hands on experience with design, test, and ship of HDI PCB, FPC, and RFPC.
• Experience with schematic entry and PCB design software. Cadence Concept HDL & Allegro preferred.
• Experience analyzing & critiquing JDM design through the end-to-end product design cycle.
• Strategic debug of prototype and production electronics in build and development environments.
• Ability to organize, analyze, summarize and present large sets of test result data.
• The position requires international travel to support manufacturing builds, 20% travel required.
  
  

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.

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