Microsoft
Electrical Engineer
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in industry with a Bachelor's Degree; alternatively, a Master's Degree or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; OR equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and releases complex, manufacturable PCB assemblies and electrical subsystems for quantum hardware, supporting verification and collaboration across engineering and manufacturing teams.
What you'll do
- Translate electrical requirements and mechanical inputs into PCB designs; own electrical subsystem architecture and implementation.
- Maintain design documentation and define component selection, PCB stack-ups, placement, routing, grounding, and return-path strategies.
- Collaborate on design reviews and support verification, board bring-up, characterization, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 2+ years experience in industry; OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status for export-control eligibility assessment; citizenship will be verified with a valid passport, with other applicable documents accepted for certain statuses.
- Ability to leverage AI tools and work in an AI-first environment.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering complex, multi-layer PCB designs through fabrication and assembly release.
- Experience with controlled-impedance and differential-pair constraints, signal/power integrity analysis, or demanding operating environments.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Printed Circuit Board (PCB), FW, SW, HDI/microvias
AI focus
Use AI tools for measurement, performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, and task automation; work in an AI-first environment to accelerate discovery through hardware development.
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