Firmware Engineer (vendor position)

Microsoft Asia Center for Hardware(MACH) is a fast-growing organization in Windows and Devices Group. MACH is a world leader in design, development and manufacturing focusing on lighting up Microsoft experience with premium first party Surface device accessories and Windows accessories for computers/laptops/tablets.

MACH firmware team is looking for an experienced Firmware Engineer with a great passion on embedded system design and development for premium Surface accessories and Windows accessories for computers/laptops/tablets. The individual will work closely with program manager, electrical engineer, software development engineer and design verification engineer to define and implement products and features.

Responsibilities:
A successful candidate needs to have the courage and conviction to make decisions in ambiguous situations. Candidate needs to be well prepared to lead team development efforts, cooperate within and across groups and functions. Ideal candidate needs to demonstrate strong ownership and accountability, has excellent communication skills, enjoys learning, can effectively bring solutions to difficult problems, and has great attention to details. Other key responsibilities include

· Define and present product and platform specifications and features.
· Ensure that designs meet established specifications, cost, timeline and development budgets.
· Embedded system firmware development. Root cause, debug and resolve FW issues.
· FW code reviews. Design FW architecture. Ensure FW to be reusable, portable and testable.
· Ensure good documentation of FW as well as version control.
· Manage project FW scope and risks. Make tradeoff decisions and proposals where needed.
· Manage internal and outsourced development efforts and cross-boundary collaboration.
· Troubleshoot and analyze technical problems and recommend solutions.
· Collaborate with marketing and technology teams and participate in project reviews.

Qualifications:
Bachelor/Master in Electronics, automation, or Computer Engineering or equivalent is required.
10+ years of experience in firmware and embedded systems development.
Strong design and coding skills.
Can implement new firmware designs from ground up, including firmware architecture definition, state machine design, hardware component selection and protocol definition.
Has strong root causing, analyzing and debugging skills.
Able to effectively find ways to reproduce difficult problems, root cause and then find solutions.
Strong leadership skills in decision making, influencing others, forming consensus and managing conflicts.
Real project experiences in direct hardware or firmware design & development. Solid communication skills in English.
Oral, written and presentation skills in English is a must.
Chinese language is a plus.
Understanding of embedded system architecture.Understanding of hardware design at component and circuit level.Understanding of microcontroller architecture and real time FW design and development.
Knowledge of Nordic, NXP, and BCM microcontrollers is a plus.
In depth knowledge of the industrial protocols that you have worked on.Knowledge of USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi protocols is a plus.
Willing to travel to USA and Asia countries.Experience of managing OEM suppliers is a plus.

中軟國際成立于2000年，為香港主板上市公司，股票代碼354。中軟國際是中國大型綜合性軟件與信息服務(wù)企業(yè)，提供從IT咨詢服務(wù)、IT技術(shù)服務(wù)、IT外包服務(wù)到IT培訓(xùn)的“端到端”軟件及信息服務(wù)，涉及政府、制造、金融、電信與高科技等主要信息技術(shù)行業(yè)。公司服務(wù)遍布全球包括大陸地區(qū)北京、上海、南京、深圳、大連、西安，美國普林斯頓和西雅圖，英國倫敦，日本東京在內(nèi)的25個城市，員工逾一萬五千人，2011年公司服務(wù)性收入達(dá)19.6億人民幣，自2003年創(chuàng)業(yè)板上市以來，公司服務(wù)性收入的復(fù)合增長率達(dá)到了55%。

“創(chuàng)造、分享，共成長”是公司的核心價值觀。“創(chuàng)造”是核心，是源泉，“創(chuàng)造”社會價值是我們“創(chuàng)造”的終極目標(biāo)；“分享”是體驗、是歷程，“舞臺無邊界”，“分享”成功喜悅、“分享”人生歷程,“分享”客戶經(jīng)驗；“共成長”是成果、是正果，與“同事”與“團隊”共成長，與“企業(yè)”與“伙伴”共成長。我們希望我們在客戶心中永遠(yuǎn)是專家、很專業(yè)、懂人情、好伙伴。

中軟國際科技服務(wù)有限公司（以下簡稱“合資公司”）是中軟國際有限公司（以下簡稱“中軟國際”）與全球領(lǐng)先的信息與通信解決方案供應(yīng)商華為技術(shù)有限公司（以下簡稱“華為公司”）合資成立的，總部位于西安；中軟國際和華為公司的持股比例分別為60%和40%。
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