June 18, 2025

Senior Quality Engineer Leader

Senior • Hybrid • On-site

$119,800 - $234,700/yr

Redmond, WA

Overview

The Surface Quality team is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer Leader to lead our team in charge of building and validating high quality premium devices and working with latest technologies.
 
We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer Leader  to work on our next generation of Surface Devices. You will be responsible for leading a team in charge of the design verification, characterization, tuning and qualification of Surface hardware and its corresponding software. You will develop and perform comprehensive verification and characterization strategies and plans that bridge high-level use cases to product architecture/design to effectively and systematically reveal and screen out defects. The Senior Quality Engineer Leader  provides critical analysis of data and test results, and drives the right solutions, design changes, optimizations and trade-offs in the context of business priorities. On a frequent basis, you will be reviewing and auditing tests results, while also introducing and enforcing test techniques and methods to ensure robust product qualification. 


You will demonstrate an ability to learn new technologies, make progress quickly and with the maturity to identify and fill gaps. Candidates must enjoy working collaboratively with development, program management, hardware engineers, and partner teams, including suppliers and remotely located engineers in Asia.

 

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ years experience designing PC Software and Hardware comprehensive validation plans and verification strategies with supporting documentation including test plans, procedures, and reports.
  • 1+ years experience with software development for the Windows PC Platform or Windows Operating System.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years  technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
    • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
    • OR equivalent experience. 
  • Working knowledge of 1 or more of the following PC subsystems: UEFI/BIOS, PCBAs, WiFi, Bluetooth, RF Networking, Audio, Camera, Display and Graphics.

 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 June 22, 2025.

 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Lead quality validation efforts for a Surface product. This includes the Hardware and Software components. You and your team will be the voice of quality and customer, to assure the product has the right quality to satisfy our customers and meet the high-quality standards we define for the Microsoft Surface products.
  • Be responsible for all aspects of test engineering and validation of the product hardware and software features, with opportunities to stretch more broadly. This will include working closely with software and hardware developers and program managers, located in Redmond and in Asia, to create solid core designs and enable testability of the products.
  • Responsible for communicating program status and quality updates to upper management and key stakeholders.
  • Conduct technical reviews/audits throughout the development process. This would include reviews/audit of the test architectures, test plans, test cases, and test results from suppliers.
  • Provide inputs or prepare content for quality status of your project. These are communicated to upper management and key stakeholders on weekly basis and on every HW/SW milestone.
  • Triage incoming bugs to make sure right people are working on the issues and be proactive to investigate, repro and debug problems and collaborate with project team on solutions. Provide first level investigation and repro steps to developer team for investigation.
  • Review test reports and product defects identified by suppliers. Investigate and debug problems and collaborate with team on solutions for problems and defects.