# Senior Firmware Engineering

**Company**: Microsoft
**Location**: Suzhou
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: MSFT
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2283

**Apply**: https://microsoft.ai/job/senior-firmware-engineering/
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_044fb438-b08

## Description

## Summary

Microsoft are looking for a talented Senior Firmware Engineering at their Suzhou office. This role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, turning market data into actionable insights for a company that's revolutionising consumer devices technology. You'll work directly with leadership to shape the company's direction in the AI and hardware markets.

## About the Role

As a firmware engineer on our team, you will play a key role in enabling real-time intelligence on resource-constrained hardware. Your work will involve designing and optimizing embedded systems, integrating sensors and connectivity modules, and ensuring ultra-low-power performance without compromising user experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-disciplinary experts in hardware, software, and AI to bring innovative ideas from prototype to product.

## Accountabilities

- Ensure wake word recognition is implemented and optimized at the firmware level for responsive on-device AI.

- Develop and maintain firmware support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules, enabling seamless device connectivity.

## The Candidate we're looking for

**Experience:**

- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

**Technical skills:**

- Strong experience developing embedded firmware on SoCs from Realtek, BES, Qualcomm, or similar platforms, with deep understanding of low-power and real-time constraints.

**Personal attributes:**

- Proven experience in firmware development for wearable devices such as smart glasses or TWS earbuds, including audio, sensor, and connectivity modules.

## Benefits

- Work arrangements: Full-time

- Health and wellbeing benefits: Yes

- Professional development opportunities: Yes

- Financial benefits: Yes

- Cultural perks: Yes

- Anything unique or compelling about working here: Collaborative team environment, opportunities for growth and development, and a chance to work on cutting-edge technology.

## Skills

### Required
- embedded firmware development
- low-power and real-time constraints
- firmware development for wearable devices

### Nice to have
- AI
- hardware
- cross-disciplinary collaboration