Job Description
Job description
Microsoft Is On a Mission To Build Platforms And Products That Create And Complete Magical Experiences Across Microsoft, To Empower Every Person And Organization To Achieve More By
• Creating iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people love and use every day
• Leading and inspiring the industry through innovation and technology, enabling our ecosystem of partners to thrive
• Growing our business and the business of Microsoft.
The Windows Silicon & Systems Integration team (WSSI) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join us on a journey to create new experiences on the Windows platform. A fundamental part of our strategy is having 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 for the right experience, along with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their best, is reflected in the devices that Windows ships.
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
Responsibilities
The Principal Software Engineer will be involved in multiple facets of silicon development, validation, and support. Including prototyping new designs, validating, debugging new hardware features, Silicon on Chip (SoC) bring up, debugging device drivers, performance analysis, developing automated regression test suites and engaging with independent hardware and software vendors (IHV / ISV) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).
It is imperative for the Principal Software Engineer to be a self-starter with the ability to facilitate cross-group collaboration across Microsoft internal groups and external partners. Candidates will be interacting with architects, hardware design teams, software and firmware teams, and systems teams for feature definition and refinement, hardware support, optimization, and debugging.
Responsibilities Also Include
• Perform Silicon on Chip (SoC) bring-up activities for bootloaders, platform, and peripherals initialization.
• Investigate and debug OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading.
• Use low level Kernel debugging / hardware debugging (JTAG Protocol- Joint Test Action Group) skills to debug component and integration issues.
• Write and debug drivers leveraging Windows Driver Framework (WDF), User Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) and Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF).
• Execute basic performance investigation using WPT (Windows Performance Toolkit) and performance log analysis.
• Leverage your expertise in modular design and code reuse to achieve maintainability.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to find solutions that are leverageable across multiple architectures and generations.
• Work effectively in an Agile environment following and practicing Scrum processes.
• Work closely within the team and across teams to help resolve technical conflicts and achieve consensus.
• Excellent at interfacing with customers, and a desire to help them succeed.
• Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years developing and debugging Windows OS internals (Including, but not limited to memory management, scheduling, interrupts, or threading)
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in collaborating with internal and external partners to understand their requirements and translating them into solutions.
• Experience with GIT, JTAG, JSON, C#, Python, XML is highly desirable
• Experience developing in RUST will be a desirable advantage .
• Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar code.
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 - $2+4,000 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 August 8, 2026.
#WSSI
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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, *** (including pregnancy), ****** orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Microsoft Is On a Mission To Build Platforms And Products That Create And Complete Magical Experiences Across Microsoft, To Empower Every Person And Organization To Achieve More By
• Creating iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people love and use every day
• Leading and inspiring the industry through innovation and technology, enabling our ecosystem of partners to thrive
• Growing our business and the business of Microsoft.
The Windows Silicon & Systems Integration team (WSSI) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join us on a journey to create new experiences on the Windows platform. A fundamental part of our strategy is having 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 for the right experience, along with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their best, is reflected in the devices that Windows ships.
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
Responsibilities
The Principal Software Engineer will be involved in multiple facets of silicon development, validation, and support. Including prototyping new designs, validating, debugging new hardware features, Silicon on Chip (SoC) bring up, debugging device drivers, performance analysis, developing automated regression test suites and engaging with independent hardware and software vendors (IHV / ISV) and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).
It is imperative for the Principal Software Engineer to be a self-starter with the ability to facilitate cross-group collaboration across Microsoft internal groups and external partners. Candidates will be interacting with architects, hardware design teams, software and firmware teams, and systems teams for feature definition and refinement, hardware support, optimization, and debugging.
Responsibilities Also Include
• Perform Silicon on Chip (SoC) bring-up activities for bootloaders, platform, and peripherals initialization.
• Investigate and debug OS primitives, memory management, scheduling, interrupts, threading.
• Use low level Kernel debugging / hardware debugging (JTAG Protocol- Joint Test Action Group) skills to debug component and integration issues.
• Write and debug drivers leveraging Windows Driver Framework (WDF), User Mode Driver Framework (UMDF) and Kernel Mode Driver Framework (KMDF).
• Execute basic performance investigation using WPT (Windows Performance Toolkit) and performance log analysis.
• Leverage your expertise in modular design and code reuse to achieve maintainability.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to find solutions that are leverageable across multiple architectures and generations.
• Work effectively in an Agile environment following and practicing Scrum processes.
• Work closely within the team and across teams to help resolve technical conflicts and achieve consensus.
• Excellent at interfacing with customers, and a desire to help them succeed.
• Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years developing and debugging Windows OS internals (Including, but not limited to memory management, scheduling, interrupts, or threading)
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C/C++.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience in collaborating with internal and external partners to understand their requirements and translating them into solutions.
• Experience with GIT, JTAG, JSON, C#, Python, XML is highly desirable
• Experience developing in RUST will be a desirable advantage .
• Ability to quickly ramp-up on complex and unfamiliar code.
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 - $2+4,000 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 August 8, 2026.
#WSSI
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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, *** (including pregnancy), ****** orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Principal Software Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Sunnyvale offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.