Do you want to be part of the team that brings world class hardware from concept to market? The Design for Excellence (DfX) team within Microsoft's NPI group enables the delivery of world class hardware that our customers love, incorporating innovative and cutting-edge technologies.
The Microsoft New Product Introduction (NPI) group is looking for a passionate & team-oriented engineer to join us in shaping the future of devices. You will be part of the Design for Excellence (DfX) team that enables and delivers emerging technologies in new product categories. Your end-to-end engagement will include design development, new design and process characterization, and manufacturing launch of next generation Microsoft hardware. You will get to collaborate with engineering disciplines across the company.
Responsibilities
- Integral technical engagement and concurrent engineering collaboration with internal product development groups such as Surface, Surface Hub, Xbox and Next Generation product lines.
- Early partnership with product development teams to identify design elements that are new, unique, or difficult and enable their realization through engineering verification and validation cycles.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external vendors to identify, characterize, and deliver manufacturing processes that enable the commercialization of unique and emerging technologies in new product categories.
- Provide technical analyses and recommendations, prepare and execute designs-of-experiments, and characterize process and design interactions.
- Stay current and versed in emerging technologies, materials, methods, and manufacturing processes.
- Generate best practices guidelines and documentation to enable efficiencies in future hardware development and launch activities.
- Collaborate across cross-functional teams to meet schedule, cost, and performance-related objectives.
- Drive clear and accurate communications and recommendations to peers and senior management by distilling complex technical challenges, outlining options, and providing supporting data.
- Drive DfX activities in the hardware product development schedules to meet or exceed product targets (ex. manufacturability, scale, quality, reliability, safety, cost).
- Up to 25% travel to domestic and overseas vendor and factory sites is required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- 4+ years (or equivalent experience) as either a hardware engineer directly contributing to product development or high-volume manufacturing process engineer involving consumer electronics, electro-mechanical systems manufacturing, and/or system integration.
- Strong technical aptitude and experience with electro-mechanical design and related manufacturing process. Some examples include: complex small-scale mechanical assemblies, Design for Assembly / Manufacturing, interconnect design, PCBA / FPCA design & manufacture, EE and ME component and material selection, Design for EMI/RF, display / touch fabrication and characterization, small-scale high performance camera design and manufacture, adhesive bonding, and top-level system integration.
- Concurrent engineering experience with cross-functional teams.
- Experience using statistical analysis and process control - MSA/GRR, part characterization, structured problem solving, root cause and defect/failure analysis, FMEA, DOE, FEA, quality control, reliability testing, core and advanced metrology. Green belt certifications in a variant of Six Sigma or experience leveraging JMP or MINITAB software is a plus.
- Proficiency with 3D design tools and other CAD suites. Knowledge in Pro-E/Creo and/or SolidWorks is a plus.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and structured problem-solving approach; experience leveraging manufacturing data and field return data to identify design and assembly issues and subsequently drive continuous quality.
Preferred additional Qualification and Capabilities:
- Design for manufacturing experience in a high-volume environment preferred.
- Understands PC or other consumer electronics mechanical and electro-mechanical interactions (enclosures, displays, thermal solutions, cables/FPCs, batteries, connectors, etc.)
- Familiarity with mechanical tolerance analysis and tools such as CETOL and VSA.
- Experience with fixture & equipment development, metal forming & CNC, injection molding, adhesives, composites, fabrics, and complex mechanisms.
- Experience in consumer electronics display or camera industry and understanding of light and color science fundamentals.
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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