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Industrial Designer - Microsoft Devices Group - Xbox Industrial Design (881677)
The Xbox Industrial Design studio is building a world class in house team. We love entertainment. We live for building transformative entertainment experiences that resonate with consumers. We are looking for passionate designers who want to help us create next generation entertainment hardware for Microsoft.
Primary Responsibilities
This is a design position within the Xbox industrial design studio. You will be joining a team that drives vision and product development for Xbox hardware programs. The right candidate will be a hands on individual contributor that will bring thought leadership, inspirational creative output, and passion to the Xbox entertainment space. In essence, this position requires nothing less than a super creator.
As an industrial designer you will collaborate with design team and bring inventive ideas which will have large impact across the Xbox Entertainment Business.
We expect a spontaneous and innovative creative process that takes advantage of consumer insight harvesting, inspiration way-finding, 3d sketching, prototyping, thoughtful consideration
of business needs, and understanding of technical considerations. Above all the candidate should have a portfolio that demonstrates the ability to design soulful product experiences that delight consumers.
Requirements
1-5 years of experience in product design
1-5 years of industrial design experience working for a top tier design team or organization required.
All-star designer in storytelling, form giving, sketching, 3d modeling, color, material, and finish.
Proven track record delivering award winning design.
Exemplary communication and presentation skills.
Intrinsic passion for seamless hardware/software experiences.
Ability to collaborate with design, development, and executive management teams.
Proficiency in creative tools such as Adobe CS5, Keyshot.
Proficient in 3D applications (Alias, Rhino, Solidworks, or Pro/E)
Education requirements include BA/BS or Master's Degree in industrial design
Willing to travel overseas 10-15 percent.
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Senior Software Development Engineer
The Xbox Platform Developer Experience team is hiring! We own the core development tools for the Xbox console platform, and we serve as a driving advocate for the end-to-end developer customer experience across the program. We are looking for an exceptional SDE to help us take game development tools to the next level.
Game developers, from AAA studios to Indie shops, have unique and exacting needs. Just think about the factors involved: Game titles are only growing in cost and complexity with each new generation. These days the projects will involve scores of engineers and hundreds of artists. They have budgets and production values that rival Hollywood blockbusters. They have 10s of gigabytes of content, code tuned to get the utmost from our platform, and holiday release dates that wont move.
The Xbox ecosystem only thrives if these partners succeed. Our goal is to help them make better games, faster.
The ideal candidate is flexible, self-motivated and a great team player. Successful candidates will also have most or all of the following attributes:
6+ years of software development experience with demonstrated technical excellence
Excellent design and coding skills in C/C++
Proven commitment to delivering on schedule, with extremely high quality
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, open office environment
Experience with and passion for development tools and overall developer experience
Experience delivering versioned, backwards-compatible APIs and functional components
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent preferred but not required
Other skills that would be a huge bonus:
Proficient in WPF/GUI/UX technologies
Experience with debugger internals and low-level debugging hooks/APIs
Experience with and passion for platform/OS code and performance analysis