layiq

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Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer at Microsoft | LAYIQ

Required Qualifications: Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in industry or in a research and development environment, could include completion of a post doctoral research position
OR Master's Degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
OR Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role, including:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check (upon hire and every two years thereafter)
Citizenship and Citizenship Verification: This role may require access to export‑controlled information under applicable regulations (e.g., ITAR, EAR). Eligibility will be assessed in accordance with legal requirements.
Ability to leverage AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, day to day task automation).
Familiarity with designing and building AI agents/copilots that assist with design, development, experiment setup, log triage, report generation, specification generation, and knowledge retrieval (e.g. instrument manuals, design docs).
Additional or Preferred Qualifications: 5+ years of C++ development experience (C++17 or later) with proficient fundamentals in modern C++ design and memory management.
Experience developing userspace software on Linux, including interaction with device drivers and system services.
Experience building multi‑threaded or concurrent systems and reasoning about synchronization, performance, and correctness.
Experience interfacing software with hardware using memory‑mapped I/O, DMA, or similar mechanisms.
Experience building or maintaining networked services using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and binary protocols.
Experience using CMake and standard debugging tools (e.g., gdb, core dumps) in Linux environments.
Experience with embedded Linux on ARM platforms (e.g., Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+), Yocto, or PetaLinux.
Experience with scientific, Radio Frequency (RF), or signal‑processing‑adjacent instrumentation (ADC/DAC, data acquisition, timing systems).
Experience designing observable and reliable systems (telemetry, health checks, watchdogs, post‑mortem analysis).
Experience building simulation or mock layers to enable CI and development without hardware.
Familiarity with Python for tooling, automation, or client‑side integration.
Exposure to quantum computing, quantum control systems, or advanced research instrumentation.
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