Principal Device Validation Engineering Manager

The Microsoft Surface team builds devices and experiences that elicit and enable customer excitement and productivity.  We gain customer loyalty when they trust us to continue improving their experience with Surface as they use the devices we create.   

The Surface Post Launch Engineering team does exactly that.  We are committed to continually improving and advancing the quality of the Surface experience.  Come join our growing team and be a part of a collaborative organization that is passionate about our mission.  

We're seeking a talented Principal Device Validation Engineering Manager with exposure to end-to-end product lifecycle. You will lead a team of engineers responsible for defining, implementing, and evolving scalable engineering solutions and strategies for the validation of quality on personal computing devices.  

As part of the Surface Post Launch Engineering Design Validation Engineering team, you will be responsible for characterizing and quantifying the quality of one or more Surface product families through multiple release cycles.  You will need to become strongly familiar with multiple engineering systems and validation methodologies used across a breadth of technology areas such as firmware, power, performance, and kernel mode drivers.  You will be required to have strong collaborative and leadership skills as a team player to work with peers, different technology teams, organizations, external companies and service partners in order to realize our engineering, business, and customer satisfaction goals.  

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. 

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 15+ years technical engineering experience including coding in languages including C, C++, C#, PowerShell, Python, Visual Basic, Javascript, or similar languages
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience developing and/or testing products across multiple release cycles in related fields.
• 7+ years of experience programming or validating using applications or tools developed in C, C++, C#, PowerShell, Python, Visual Basic, Javascript, or similar languages.
• Professional experience in the development and/or validation of personal computing devices, tables, mobile phones, or other mobile computer devices or accessories, gaming systems, or servers.
• Experience with developing and executing software testing methodologies, strategies, procedures, tools and metrics.

Other Requirements

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that 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

• 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 in driving and partnering with vendor teams.  
• Experience developing, debugging, and/or validating one or more of the following on Windows operating system:  kernel mode device drivers, firmware, UEFI, Power, Performance, Stability etc.  
• Experience with sustaining or servicing products after launch.  
• Experience leading or managing external partner or services companies.  
• Experience with debugging kernel mode drivers or firmware.  
• Experience in gathering and analyzing telemetry data to improve software reliability or performance. 

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. 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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Managing a team of high-caliber device validation 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.