Electrical Engineer II

The Microsoft Surface Devices team is on a mission to deliver iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people trust and rely on every day. Central to this mission is ensuring highly performant devices that leverage next generation technologies. The Surface team is hiring an Electrical Engineer II to focus on electrical design and technology development for next generation of Surface products that enable AI in edge computing.

As an Electrical Engineer II, you will work cross-functionally with different disciplines (Industrial Design, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, Software and Firmware) to develop compelling innovative products. You will design and develop circuits, select key strategic components and that encompasses the entire product.

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.

• Develop Schematics and bill of materials (BOM) to meet the design requirements.
• Create motherboard floorplan and layout in collaboration with teams including the Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, and Thermal teams.
• Design, build, and test rapid prototypes for evaluation of new product ideas or technology concepts.
• Create design documentation, develop schematics, board layout to meet system design requirements.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to optimize the overall system of the product from concept to completion.
• Use simulation and lab measurement data to support design troubleshooting and propose corrective actions, drive failure analysis, root cause analysis, and design of experiments to resolve issues.
• Work with suppliers, contractors, and engineering services to ensure that the product is developed on time with high quality.

Embody the Microsoft culture and values 

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
• Foundational understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals, and working with printed circuit board (PCB) materials, flex design and PCB and flexible printed circuit (FPC) manufacturing processes.
• Proven experience problem solving and debugging with a solid understanding of core engineering principles, and fundamental circuit design and analytical techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience designing, implementing, and shipping high volume consumer electronics products of medium to high complexity.
• Familiar with system level SI/PI simulation, and correlation to solve system design issues.
• Familiar with High-speed interface protocol, electrical measurement equipment such as VNA, TDR, Bert, Scope.
  
• Experience preferred with x86 PC and or ARM architectures and implementation of high speed serial busses (PCIe, DP, USB4, Thunderbolt, MIPI) and high speed parallel busses such as: memory bus (DDR4/5, etc.).
• Hands-on design experience in analog/ digital electronics ranging from: RF, analog, digital, audio, video, power, electromechanical, low power, charging, touch display, and sensors.
• Experience communicating technical concepts clearly in both verbal and written forms.

Electrical Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 24, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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