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The Gaming Devices + Artificial Intelligence Engineering team is a team of diverse and exceptionally creative professionals who design, test and manufacture some of the best-loved gaming devices in the world. Our teams ship tens of millions of hardware products every year including the Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, a full accessories! lineup, and more. Come be part of what’s next for the future of gaming.

As a Lab Technician in the Gaming Devices + AI Engineering team, this opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, develop soldering skills, become adept at working with board files, working with engineers to make ideas real.

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.

Responsibilities

• Functional board bring up, execute lab bring up tasks and electrical checks such as testing and characterizing a high-speed bus; and generate a written report to record work.

• Debug structural and basic electrical failures to the component level. Use electronic instruments such as an oscilloscope to isolate a failed component.

• Test components manually, by following a provided procedure.

• Manage state of system-level units-under-test in the development lab: report status of tests, identify failed units, flashing ROMs, etc.

• Good analytical and technical troubleshooting skills.

• Knowledge of electrical, digital, and analog fundamentals.

• Ability to use a PC to generate MS Office documents

• Troubleshoot hardware and software problems as required. 

• Moving and lifting of hardware maybe required.

Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of technical experience

• OR formal training in a technical trade (e.g., machinist, electrician) AND 1+ year(s) of experience as an Electronic Technician, preferable in an electronic product development lab environment

• OR Associate's degree in Engineering or a related field.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical experience

• OR formal training in a technical trade (e.g., machinist, electrician) AND 2+ years of experience of expert-level rework skills, including the ability to rework SMT 0201 packages, being able to read electronic schematics

• OR Associate's degree in Engineering or a related field AND +1 year(s) of technical experience.

Lab Technician ATR-B - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $31.35 - $57.60 per hour. 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 $45.14 - $64.13 per hour.

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 August 22, 2024.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .