Description :
Job Title: Software Development Engineer
Job Category: Software Development
Product: Windows CE
Date Posted: 08/19/2008
Job Code: 240741
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
This Job is eligible for the following work arrangements :Flex Time
The Windows CE organization is growing again and this is your opportunity to join a team that is targeting the next generation enterprise and consumer electronic devices. In this team you will be presented with an unparalleled opportunity to help people and organizations reach their full potential by taking advantage of the growing, lucrative, and exciting general embedded market. This market is strategically important to Microsoft for a number of reasons, among them:
the embedded market opportunity is significantly larger than the entire PC market and is growing more rapidly (e.g., from ~348 million devices in 2004 to a projection of 1.4 billion devices in 2009)
Windows CE is well positioned to empower the next generation of devices that are connected to Microsoft assets such as Windows Vista PCs, Servers and Live Services
the "next big thing" will likely be an embedded device, and Windows CE provides the opportunity for Microsoft to take a leading role
The Windows CE Joint Development team is looking for an experienced, passionate developer to work with innovative OEM partners in design and development of their embedded projects and to provide solutions for technical challenges. Our mission is to increase Windows CE product quality, accelerate partners devices time to market and provide the most sophisticated embedded devices to consumers. You will have an opportunity to work on a variety of consumer electronics devices, including Set-top boxes, digital video recorders, portable navigation devices and a range of other connected devices in the home and business. Responsibilities include working with OEMs on HW/SW system design, porting existing product from older OS versions, assisting new OEMs with OS bring-up, developing tools to make debugging these devices easier, analyzing performance issues and provide solutions, integrating new OS features on the platforms, and joint developing features with internal teams or external customers.
The position requires:
Excellent analytical, development and debugging skills.
Excellent C/C++ programming skills.
Proven cross group collaboration skills.
Excellent communication skills and must be a strong team player with a constructive perspective and committed to the success of the group.
Basic understanding of hardware design and high level architecture.
A least 3 years of experience in designing, developing and shipping software products or embedded devices / platforms.
Experience in DSP, Multimedia, GPS, Embedded System Design and Integration and Windows CE are highly valued.
Some travel may be required for this position.
