Principal Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Do you want to be part of a startup culture while working for Microsoft? Do you like being close to the customer, ensuring Microsoft devices delight users? Want to work as part of a dynamic team? The Surface Post Launch Engineering team is looking for someone that can help shape the future of devices by being the face of our in-market products.

Were seeking a talented engineering manager with exposure to end-to-end product lifecycle. You will lead a team of engineers responsible for analysis, debug, design and implement effective and scalable solutions that improve product quality and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of high-caliber engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership.
• Deliver high quality results with full ownership.
• Own career development of team through active coaching.
• Create a strong culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion.
• Hire and develop the best talent.
• Must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive and result-oriented.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in software development.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience leading high performing teams
• 7+ years of experience in embedded software development.
• Excellent C/C++ design, coding, and debugging skills.
• Provide technical leadership and build talent to ensure the overall health of the team by developing and mentoring team members while helping them grow both technically and professionally.
• Experience dealing with geographically diverse teams.
• A sound track-record of shipping high volume consumer products and having been through at least two development cycles.
• Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar code.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across multiple disciplines and functions (PM, Test, Hardware etc.).
• Understanding of SoC architectures, embedded firmware, Windows/Linux OS internals, multimedia domain (Audio/Video/Camera/Graphics), server and client components, end-to-end system testing.
• Knowledge of hardware buses such as USB, PCIe, I2C, SPI, or others which may appear in consumer electronics devices.
• Understanding of device drivers and kernel programming.
• Enthusiastic, motivated and self-driven
  
  

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.

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