Software Engineer

On Team Xbox, we aspire to empower the world’s 3 billion gamers to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. Gaming, the largest and fastest growing category in media & entertainment, represents an important growth opportunity for Microsoft. We are leading with innovation, as highlighted by bringing the Game Pass subscription to PC, bringing Xbox to new devices with Cloud Gaming, and our recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard King creating exciting new possibilities for players. The Xbox Gaming Devices Ecosystem team ship tens of millions of hardware products every year including the Xbox Series X|S, the Xbox Wireless Controller, the Xbox Adaptive Controller and Adaptive Joystick, and more. Microsoft is the destination for the brightest minds in consumer electronics design. Come join our team to deliver exciting new products to fans and customers worldwide! The Xbox accessories development team is expanding into new families of products and new fundamental technologies. The team is seeking an engineering candidate to contribute to firmware development and the success of these emerging products. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in one or more common firmware development languages such as C or C++ and will bring passion and energy to development with embedded microcontrollers. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to collaborate closely with other teams, such as the Xbox operating system team, electrical design team, design validation and test team to push the boundaries of gaming accessories and deliver world-class consumer electronics. The successful candidate will demonstrate a predominant growth mindset and desire to learn new paradigms and new developments techniques to overcome challenges. As part of a fast-paced team, the successful candidate will adopt a fail-fast mentality, learn from their successes and setbacks, invest in team processes, and deeply care for the success of their teammates.