Software Development Engineer

Overview

WHO WE ARE:

Beyondsoft Consulting, Inc. is a leading technical solutions and consulting partner. We combine emerging technologies and proven methodologies to tailor elegant solutions that solve complex challenges and empower our customers to accelerate their business goals. For the past 25+ years we have been providing a broad range of high-quality IT services, including staff augmentation, business process outsourcing, custom software solutions, test automation, digital enablement, and other software engineering and digital transformation services.

 

WHAT WE’RE ABOUT:

We believe that collaboration, transparency, and accountability are the values that guide our business, our delivery, and our brand. Everyone has something to bring to the table, and we believe in working together with our peers and clients to leverage the best of one another in everything we do. When we proactively collaborate, business decisions become easier, innovation is greater, and outcomes are better.

 

Our ability to achieve our mission and live out our values depends upon a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. So, we strive to foster a workplace where people have the respect, support, and voice they deserve, where innovative ideas flourish, and where people can unleash their brilliance. For more information regarding DEI at Beyondsoft, please go to https://www.beyondsoft.com/diversity/.

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

Our client is looking for a Software Development Engineer for an Onsite based position in Redmond, WA (5 days a week, Monday-Friday 40 hours a week).

 

We are seeking talented software development engineer with a strong systems background and experience with hardware and device drivers or firmware interaction. Including but not limited to knowledge of RTOS or Windows OS kernel.  The ideal candidate will contribute to the successful development of Surface products by developing new features, improve existing drivers, and investigate and resolve various complex technical challenges to improve the usability and stability of the products. You will work in a fast-paced environment and will need to demonstrate ability to learn new technologies, make progress quickly. Candidates must enjoy working collaboratively with development, program management, hardware engineers, test engineers, and other partner teams.This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated engineer with passion for quality and integrated experiences to thrive in a customer focused environment. This person will ensure we are delivering the complete end-to-end hardware and software experiences that will delight our customers.

Responsibilities

 WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

• Work on new devices at various stages of hardware development including prototype hardware. Work closely with software and hardware developers and program managers, located in Redmond and in Asia, to create or improve various components of the Surface software/firmware.• Be able to investigate, repro and debug problems and collaborate with project team on solutions.• Use WinDbg, Windows Performance Analyzer, ETL traces, and various software/firmware debugging tools to root cause and resolve product issues.• Develop device drivers or other drivers features to light up new features according to Surface product requirements and specifications.• Participate in development forums and discussions to propose and implement software solutions.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Electrical/Electronic/Automation Engineering or related field.2. Excellent C/C++ design and coding skills.3. Minimum of 5 years of experience in firmware, embedded system, or device drivers development.4. Experience in any of Kernel, Windows Internals, Windows Drivers, Linux Drivers, UEFI, WDF, KMDF and UMDF. Windows device drivers or kernel experience strongly preferred.5. Experience with Windows kernel and drivers debugging, and memory crashdump or ETL trace analysis. Specific experiences in troubleshooting system stability or performance through debuggers are preferred.6. Experience with various interfaces including SPI, USB, I2C, UART are beneficial.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Domain knowledge on significant PC subsystems and industry specifications around graphics, audio, cameras, sensors or touch, inputs.2. Experience and ability to ramp-up quickly on complex and unfamiliar code across various technology areas.3. Experience in the design and development of a product or significant product subsystem through multiple new consumer product releases.4. Experience in development of UEFI or microcontroller firmware including working within an RTOS environment on any OS platforms.5. Able to debug across variou