Software Hardware Engineer – Internship Opportunity – PhD – Mountain View

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.  

This opportunity will allow you to work with Software concepts that directly interact with the HW they run on – memory management, working on chip peripheral, debugging code running on live hardware, etc. Interns might also create software designs based on product requirements and use software engineering principles to produce executable code fulfilling design and feature requirements. These roles work with electrical engineers, system engineers, architects and software engineers to determine the core firmware strategy for our product roadmaps.

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

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.

Please note this application is only for roles based in our Mountain View, California office. For roles in other offices in the United States, please see our Careers site. 

Responsibilities

• Apply software engineering principles to solve complex problems on product HW and Operating systems – accomplished through sound and creative engineering.
• Quickly learn new engineering methods and incorporates them into his or her work processes.
  Seek feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve his or her technical solutions.
• Demonstrate skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Problem solve and debug for modern-day multiprocessor systems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to write/debug code.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Master’s or Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of one year of programming experience in machine learning with PyTorch or Tensorflow.
• Relevant experience includes:
  • DNN model development, evaluation, and optimization 
  • Machine learning for object detection or image classification or image quality enhancement
  • Data preparation for DNN model training and evaluation
  • Knowledge of cameras such as LWIR thermal cameras, RGB cameras, and SPAD cameras

The base pay range for this internship is USD $6,550 – $12,880 per month. 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 $8,480 – $13,920 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar.

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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