Principal Software Engineer - Windows Silicon & System Integration

1 Month ago • 6-10 Years • Research & Development • $137,600 PA - $294,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Windows Silicon & System Integration team (WSSI) at Microsoft seeks a Principal Software Engineer to drive system design and implementation for x86/ARM SOCs on the Windows platform. Responsibilities include collaborating with hardware and software architects, overseeing system integration, aligning OS deliverables with partners, and mentoring the team. The ideal candidate possesses strong firmware and driver development skills (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python), experience with software version control, CI/CD pipelines, and a deep understanding of software lifecycles in device development. This role requires leadership in requirements gathering, design discussions, validation planning, debugging, and code optimization.
Must have:
  • 6+ years experience in software engineering
  • Firmware and driver development (C/C++)
  • Experience with Windows OS
  • System integration and validation
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams
Good to have:
  • Experience with ARM processors
  • Knowledge of UEFI, ARM trust zone, Bootloaders
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines
  • Mentoring experience
Perks:
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Job Details

Overview

Principal Software Engineer -Windows Silicon & Systems Integration

 

Microsoft Windows Silicon & System Integration team (WSSI) is on a journey to deliver iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people love and use every day. A fundamental element of our strategy is building desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want. Creating these new experiences and devices involves close partnership between hardware engineers, software engineers, designers, and manufacturing along with the various industry partners that closely collaborate to create industry defining firsts. Our obsession with the right experience combined with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their best is reflected in our devices. 

 

The WSSI team is seeking a highly motivated Principal Software Engineer with a strong development background in firmware and drivers on x86/ARM system on chip (SOCs) for windows platform. This person will be crucial in system design and implementation, collaborating with hardware and software architects and developers to establish engineering requirements and deliverables, and oversee the complete integration of systems and software. They will also ensure that product-specific operating systems (OS) deliverables and features are aligned with both internal and external partners.

 

Come join us as we scale up our organization to meet the challenges of creating new and innovative experiences and delivering devices that people love. 

 

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 positively impact our culture every day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience
  • 2+ years Industry experience in designing, developing, debugging and shipping low-level drivers on Windows

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 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,OR Python
    • OR Master'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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience
  • Experience with software version control systems (such as GIT, ADO, etc.) for large scale software development
  • Ability to create and manage continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelines
  • Understanding of ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) processor family and software development on ARM processor
  • Experience in C/C++ developing firmware and/or device drivers
  • Knowledge of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), ARM trust zone, Bootloaders, Board support packages (BSP) is a plus
  • Experience with the SOC Hardware/Software architecture and its impact on device and software development cycles
  • A deep understanding of software lifecycle in a device development environment and the interplay between software and hardware development and schedules

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

 

Responsibilities

  • Drive engineering requirements and implementation
  • Works with cross-functionals teams to gather software requirements from various SoC subsystems which are needed for SOC/Product development and end-to-end software integration
  • Leads design discussions with the team and shares findings/learnings from investigations, holding ownership for design decisions
  • Develops and executes software integration and validation plan by actively collaborating with cross functional engineering teams, SOC partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) & original design manufacturers (ODMs)
  • Leads validation planning, identifies hardware/software test tools/resources and implementation strategy
  • Leads efforts to optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance and maintainability and effectiveness
  • Serves as a mentor to the team and guides them about complex features, systems, integration, testing strategies, and automation
  • Runs code in simulated or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime across products
  • Leads efforts to continually integrate automation features when planning for testing
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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

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